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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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The beauty of a woman transcends all other forms of beauty, as well in the sweetness of its suggestions, as in the fervor of the admiration it awakens. The beauty of a lovely woman is an inspiration, a sweet delirium, a gentle madness. Her looks are love-potions. Heaven itself is never so clearly revealed to us as in the face of a beautiful woman.
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The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves.
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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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To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end of a gallows-rope is a degradation of humanity.
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The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave, and the imperfect may safely be left to that final neglect from which no amount of present undeserved popularity can rescue it.
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Passion doesn't look beyond the moment of its existence.
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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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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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There are some weaknesses that are peculiar and distinctive to generous characters, as freckles are to a fair skin.
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Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.
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Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things, as from our manner of considering them. Pleasure, especially, is never an invariable effect of particular circumstances.
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The heart contracts as the pocket expands.
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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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To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world--without friends or country, home or kindred.
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It is seldom that we find out how great are our resources until we are thrown upon them.
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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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Passion looks not beyond the moment of its existence. Better, it says, the kisses of love to day, than the felicities of heaven afar off.
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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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Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
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The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament.
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