Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEA great destiny needs a generous diet. What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.
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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
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There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.
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Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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