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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.
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
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The very cunning conceal their cunning the indifferently shrewd boast of it.
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Dishonesty is a forsaking of permanent for temporary advantages.
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We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful.
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