It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEGive me the character and I will forecast the event.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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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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The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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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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The greatest happiness comes from the greatest activity.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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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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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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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.
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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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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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