Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEIf it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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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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Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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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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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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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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Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.
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The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
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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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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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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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