Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEWhether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.
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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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A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
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In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.
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How like a railway tunnel is the poor man’s life, with the light of childhood at one end, the intermediate gloom, and only the glimmer of a future life at the other extremity!
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An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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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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