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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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C. N. Bovee
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It is of very little use in trying to be dignified, if dignity is no part of your character.
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Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things, as from our manner of considering them. Pleasure, especially, is never an invariable effect of particular circumstances.
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Bad taste is a species of bad morals.
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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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Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect.
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