Few minds wear out; more rust out.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThe beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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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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Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
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Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.
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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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Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing of our experience except we muse upon it.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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