The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
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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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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
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Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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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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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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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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The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
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