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A great destiny needs a generous diet.... What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!
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
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C. N. Bovee
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It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.
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Care, admitted as guest, quickly turns to be master.
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Hope is the best part of our riches. What sufficeth it that we have the wealth of the Indies in our pockets, if we have not the hope of heaven in our souls?
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Sorrow is never more sorrowful than when it jests at its own misery.
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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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Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power.
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Logic invents as many fallacies as it detects it is a good weapon, but as liable to be used in a bad as in a good cause.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great.
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