It is with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEWe make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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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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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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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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To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world–without friends or country, home or kindred.
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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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Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
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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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Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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A great destiny needs a generous diet. What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.
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