It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEHope is the best part of our riches.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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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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To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world–without friends or country, home or kindred.
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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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There is probably no hell for authors in the next world – they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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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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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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