Fame – a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEEIt is with charity as with money–the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
More Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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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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Something of a person’s character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
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Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen.
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There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
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Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.
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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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Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.
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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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The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.
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False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
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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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