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Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
Christian Nestell Bovee
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Christian Nestell Bovee
Age: 83 †
Born: 1820
Born: February 22
Died: 1904
Died: January 18
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New York City
New York
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C. N. Bovee
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
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No work deserves to be criticized that has not much in it that deserves to be applauded.
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We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.
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Satire is an abuse of wit. It corrects few evils.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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