Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEWords, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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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 passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
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Without death in the world, existence in it would soon become, through over-population, the most frightful of curses.
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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone; they are the flails of occupied people.There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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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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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers.
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