If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEDreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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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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Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
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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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Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
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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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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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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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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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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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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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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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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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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
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