Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThe method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.
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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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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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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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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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Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
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Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it.
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A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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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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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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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 heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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