A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEWithin the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
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When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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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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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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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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The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
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