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Christian Nestell Bovee

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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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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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Eyes Face Light Love Moon Oneself
Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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Mindset One Liner
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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Himself Invisible Muse Object See Worship
A book should be luminous not voluminous.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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Enthusiasm Greatness Inspirational
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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Food Greatness Material Music
We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing of our experience except we muse upon it.
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Action Day Exception Experience Learning Ourselves
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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Fake Friendship Leaving Shade Shadow
Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.
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Aware Consciousness Name
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
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Bold Man Ourselves Past
Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources.
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Courage Coward Diminish Resource
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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Grave Soul Yourself
It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
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Circumstance Determination Influence Relationship
The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
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Dangerous Excess Fire Passion Way
Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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Admire Character Follower Imitation Reason

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