We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThe great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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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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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.
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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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Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.
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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
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Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
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It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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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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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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Few minds wear out; more rust out.
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