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Can that which is the greatest virtue in philosophy, doubt (called by Galileo the father of invention), be in religion what the priests term it, the greatest of sins?
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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A woman's love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself.
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Melancholy sees the worst of things, things as they may be, and not as they are. It looks upon a beautiful face, and sees but a grinning skull.
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Cheerfulness is an offshoot of goodness and of wisdom.
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Our first and last love is self-love.
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Example has far more followers than reason.
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It is curious to what a degree one may become attached to a fine tree, especially when it is placed where trees are rare.
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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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