The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEExcessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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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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The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.
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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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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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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing of our experience except we muse upon it.
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He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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