It is with a company as it is with a punch, everything depends upon the ingredients of which it in composed.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThe greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
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There is probably no hell for authors in the next world – they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.
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When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.
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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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It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.
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Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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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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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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A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
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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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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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