There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThere will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
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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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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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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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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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Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
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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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Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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