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There are some kinds of men who cannot pass their time alone they are the flails of occupied people.(Bonald, M.} There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.
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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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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No work deserves to be criticized that has not much in it that deserves to be applauded.
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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 in vain that he seeks dominion abroad, who is not kingly at home.
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