Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEIt is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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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.
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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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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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Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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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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To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world–without friends or country, home or kindred.
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An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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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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