There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThere are seaons when our passions have slept so long that we know not whether they still exist in us. So does flax forget that it is combustible when the fire is away from it.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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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 only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
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Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
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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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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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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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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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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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A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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