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When we have the means to pay for what we desire, what we get is not so much what is best, as what is costliest.
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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The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it. [a predisposition to notice the beautiful, in everything.]
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Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
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It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
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