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There is a German proverb which says that Take-it-Easy and Live-Long are brothers.
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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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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Merit is never so conspicuous as when coupled with an obscure origin, just as the moon never appears so lustrous as when it emerges from a cloud.
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Example has far more followers than reason.
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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
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