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 BOVEEA mother is the best friend God ever gave.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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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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Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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How like a railway tunnel is the poor man’s life, with the light of childhood at one end, the intermediate gloom, and only the glimmer of a future life at the other extremity!
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Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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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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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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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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