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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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A good thought is indeed a great boon, for which God is to be first thanked next he who is the first to utter it, and then, in a lesser, but still in a considerable degree, the friend who is the first to quote it to us. Whoever adopts and circulates a just thought, participates in the merit that originated it.
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He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully.
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To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world--without friends or country, home or kindred.
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We take life too seriously: the office of wit is to correct this tendency.
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What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
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The next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to be able to quote another's wit.
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The loss of a beloved connection awakens an interest in Heaven before unfelt.
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Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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Honesty is not only the first step toward greatness, - it is greatness itself.
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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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To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end of a gallows-rope is a degradation of humanity.
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To cultivate a garden is to walk with God.
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Woman's power is over the affections. A beautiful dominion is hers but she risks its forfeiture when she seeks to extend it.
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Winter is the night of vegetation.
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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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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
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Qualities not regulated run into their opposites. Economy before competence is meanness after it. Therefore economy is for the poor the rich may dispense with it.
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