No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEExcessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
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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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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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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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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
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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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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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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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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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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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A woman’s love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself.
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