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A man cannot paint portraits till he has seen faces.
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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No work deserves to be criticized that has not much in it that deserves to be applauded.
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Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it.
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There would not be so much harm in the giddy following the fashions, if somehow the wise could always set them.
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At the best, sarcasms, bitter irony, scathing wit, are a sort of swordplay of the mind. You pink your adversary, and he is forthwith dead and then you deserve to be hung for it.
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Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
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Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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