The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEExcessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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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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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, – these are love’s pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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