We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEDignity 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.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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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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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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In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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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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Without death in the world, existence in it would soon become, through over-population, the most frightful of curses.
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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.
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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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