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The finest compliment that can be paid to a woman of sense is to address her as such.
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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Love makes a few weeks so rich that all the rest of our lives seems poor in comparison.
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Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.
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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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Difficulties, by bracing the mind to overcome them, assist cheerfulness, as exercise assists digestion.
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Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect.
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Adhesion to one idea is monomania to few, slavery.
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The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.
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