A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEDignity 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.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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A woman’s love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself.
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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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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.
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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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Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
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A great destiny needs a generous diet. What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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