It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThe cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.
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Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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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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Alas, the transports beauty can inspire!
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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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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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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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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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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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Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.
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