Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEMusic is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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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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Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.
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It is with a company as it is with a punch, everything depends upon the ingredients of which it in composed.
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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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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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Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, – these are love’s pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
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Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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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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