The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThere are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.
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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end of a gallows-rope is a degradation of humanity.
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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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It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
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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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An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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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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Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
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Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, – these are love’s pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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