It is with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEHope is the best part of our riches.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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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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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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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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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
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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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A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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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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