A great destiny needs a generous diet. What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEFew minds wear out; more rust out.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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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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It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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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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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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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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