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Famous Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
“What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.”
“Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power.”
“There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.”
“The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.”
“Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect.”
“All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.”
“Love's sweetest meanings are unspoken; the full heart knows no rhetoric of words.”
“Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.”
“Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.”
“Melancholy sees the worst of things...[rather than the best]”
“It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.”
“Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.”
“Galileo called doubt the father of invention; it is certainly the pioneer.”
“The greatest events of an age are its best thoughts. Thought finds its way into action.”
“There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.”
“The light in the world comes principally from two sources,-the sun, and the student's lamp.”
“Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.”