Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEIt is with a company as it is with a punch, everything depends upon the ingredients of which it in composed.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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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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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
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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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Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it.
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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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In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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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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