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The method of the critic is to balance praises with censure, and thus to do justice to the subject and--his own discrimination.
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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Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
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Age, that acquaints us with infirmities in ourselves, should make us tender in our reprehension of weakness elsewhere.
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Tranquil pleasures last the longest we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.
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There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone they are the flails of occupied people.(Bonald, M.} There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
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Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, - these are love's pretty ingredients for a kiss.
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The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only the first step toward greatness, - it is greatness itself.
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It is seldom that we find out how great are our resources until we are thrown upon them.
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The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave.
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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully.
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