The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEAll men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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There are seaons when our passions have slept so long that we know not whether they still exist in us. So does flax forget that it is combustible when the fire is away from it.
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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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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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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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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In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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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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Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
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Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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