It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEWhen we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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Nothing is so fragile as thought in its infancy; an interruption breaks it: nothing is so powerful, even to overturning empires, when it reaches its maturity.
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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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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 loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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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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The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
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We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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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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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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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 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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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat.
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, – these are love’s pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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There are seaons when our passions have slept so long that we know not whether they still exist in us. So does flax forget that it is combustible when the fire is away from it.
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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