Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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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If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.
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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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Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
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It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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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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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
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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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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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