A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEFew minds wear out; more rust out.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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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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Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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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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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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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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To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world–without friends or country, home or kindred.
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Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
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To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end of a gallows-rope is a degradation of humanity.
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Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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