It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEGreat warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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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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Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, – these are love’s pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.
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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
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When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.
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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.
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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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The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
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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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