The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEFame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world–without friends or country, home or kindred.
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It is with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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It is with a company as it is with a punch, everything depends upon the ingredients of which it in composed.
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Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
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The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
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Nothing is so fragile as thought in its infancy; an interruption breaks it: nothing is so powerful, even to overturning empires, when it reaches its maturity.
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The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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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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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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