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The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology.
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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The very cunning conceal their cunning the indifferently shrewd boast of it.
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Honesty is not only the first step toward greatness, - it is greatness itself.
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It is of very little use in trying to be dignified, if dignity is no part of your character.
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Care, admitted as guest, quickly turns to be master.
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He half retrieves a defeat who yields to it gracefully.
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We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime
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If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.
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If one is not virtuous he becomes vicious.
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Rejecting the miracles of Christ, we still have the miracle of Christ Himself.
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Dishonesty is a forsaking of permanent for temporary advantages.
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Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
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The knowledge beyond all other knowledge is the knowledge how to excuse.
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