Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEExcellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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Nothing is so fragile as thought in its infancy; an interruption breaks it: nothing is so powerful, even to overturning empires, when it reaches its maturity.
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Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.
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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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It 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.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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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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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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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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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
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If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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