When all else is lost, the future still remains.
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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Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.
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It is with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
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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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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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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end of a gallows-rope is a degradation of humanity.
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The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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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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In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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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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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
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