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Hope is the best part of our riches. What sufficeth it that we have the wealth of the Indies in our pockets, if we have not the hope of heaven in our souls?
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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Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.
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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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