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“A particular disappointment is seldom more than an excrescence upon the trunk of a general good--a shower that spoils the pleasure party, but refreshes and enriches the earth.”

Quote by Christian Nestell Bovee

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Christian Nestell Bovee

Christian Nestell Bovee was an American writer, philosopher, and theologian known for his works in moral philosophy, religion, and literary criticism. more

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“Besides the five senses, there is a sixth sense, of equal importance--the sense of duty.”

Five Duty Equal Importance Senses Five Senses Sixth Sense

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“I desire to go through life knowing as little of evil in it as possible. To this end, I sometimes avoid looking too closely into the nature of things, studying them only so far as they seem to be good, and abandoning interest in them as soon as their darker feature begin to appear. The good only deserves a hearty interest.”

Littles Ends Sometimes Seems Desire Evil Interest Knowing Study Deserve Be Good Features Hearty

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“It is not the number of facts he knows, but how much of a fact he is himself, that proves the man.”

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“To no circumstance is the wide diffusion of error in the world more owing than to our habit of adopting conclusions from insufficiently established data. An indispensable preliminary, then, in every investigation, is to get at facts. Until these are arrived at, every opinion, theory, or system, however ingeniously framed, must necessarily rest upon an uncertain basis.”

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“We absolve a friend from gratitude when we remind him of a favor.”

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“Elements of the heroic exist in almost every individual: it is only the felicitous development of them all in one that is rare.”

Individual Development Hero Elements Heroic

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“Perhaps the heroic element in our natures is exhibited to the best advantage, not in going from success to success, and so on through a series of triumphs, but in gathering, on the very field of defeat itself, the materials for renewed efforts, and in proceeding, with no abatement of heart or energy, to form fresh designs upon the very ruins and ashes of blasted hopes. Yes, it is this indomitable persistence in a purpose, continued alike through defeat and success, that makes, more than aught else, the hero.”

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Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“By his provocations to good-natured merriment, a humorist of the first water contributes as much to the sum of happiness as the gravest philosopher.”

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“An illusion dissipated is an experience gained.”

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“The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology.”

Men Character Language He Man Expression Refined Coarse

Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought