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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.
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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The beauty of a woman transcends all other forms of beauty, as well in the sweetness of its suggestions, as in the fervor of the admiration it awakens. The beauty of a lovely woman is an inspiration, a sweet delirium, a gentle madness. Her looks are love-potions. Heaven itself is never so clearly revealed to us as in the face of a beautiful woman.
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Resentments, carried too far, expose us to a fate analogous to that of the fish-hawk, when he strikes his talons too deep into a fish beyond his capacity to lift, and is carried under and drowned by it.
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Passion doesn't look beyond the moment of its existence.
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Melancholy sees the worst of things, things as they may be, and not as they are. It looks upon a beautiful face, and sees but a grinning skull.
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Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.
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The very cunning conceal their cunning the indifferently shrewd boast of it.
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We may learn from children how large a part of our grievances is imaginary. But the pain is just as real.
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Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power.
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Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.
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An illusion dissipated is an experience gained.
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The loveliest faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
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Youth is the season of receptivity, and should be devoted to acquirement and manhood of power--that demands an earnest application. Old age is for revision.
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