When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEWinter is the night of vegetation.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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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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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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Activity and sadness are incompatible.
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Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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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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