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By his provocations to good-natured merriment, a humorist of the first water contributes as much to the sum of happiness as the gravest philosopher.
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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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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Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
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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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Luminous quotations, also, atone, by their interest, for the dulness of an inferior book, and add to the value of a superior work by the variety which they lend to its style and treatment.
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The trouble with men of sense is that they are so dreadfully in earnest all the while.
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Fortune, like a coy mistress, loves to yield her favors, though she makes us wrest them from her.
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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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The finest compliment that can be paid to a woman of sense is to address her as such.
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Successful minds work like a gimlet--to a single point.
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Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
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