Hope is the best part of our riches.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEContentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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There are seaons when our passions have slept so long that we know not whether they still exist in us. So does flax forget that it is combustible when the fire is away from it.
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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.
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To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end of a gallows-rope is a degradation of humanity.
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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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It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
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The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
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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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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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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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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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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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An eager pursuit of fortune is inconsistent with a severe devotion to truth. The heart must grow tranquil before the thought can become searching.
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