Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEHeaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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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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A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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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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We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing of our experience except we muse upon it.
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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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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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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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