There 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.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEIt is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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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 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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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.
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Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat.
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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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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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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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