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Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
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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Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
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The language denotes the man. A coarse or refined character finds its expression naturally in a coarse or refined phraseology.
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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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