Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEWe fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.
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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 beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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It is with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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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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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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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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