Without death in the world, existence in it would soon become, through over-population, the most frightful of curses.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEMusic is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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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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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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Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
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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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Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.
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Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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A profusion of fancies and quotations is out of place in a love-letter. True feeling is always direct, and never deviates into by-ways to cull flowers of rhetoric.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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