Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEECheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.
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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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Hope is the best part of our riches.
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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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Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.
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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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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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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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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.
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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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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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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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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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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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