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.
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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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
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Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and–prayer.
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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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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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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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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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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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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Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is.
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