There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThere is probably no hell for authors in the next world – they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
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Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.
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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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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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The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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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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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 with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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