Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEMen, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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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.
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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
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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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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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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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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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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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It is with a company as it is with a punch, everything depends upon the ingredients of which it in composed.
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