The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEWhat we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
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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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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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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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Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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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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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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There is probably no hell for authors in the next world – they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.
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There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
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Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
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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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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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