Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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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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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Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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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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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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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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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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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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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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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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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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