The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it–to realize it to the full–to be a profound and inscrutable mystery.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEThe great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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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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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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Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it.
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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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It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.
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Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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A mother is the best friend God ever gave.
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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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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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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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Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
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