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> [Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all the power of a cipher when added to either of the other two.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/nobility-of-birth-is-like-a-cipher-it-has-no-power-in-itself-like/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

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## More by John Frederick Boyes

> [It would be a great advantage to some schoolmasters if they would steal two hours a day from their pupils and give their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/it-would-be-a-great-advantage-to-some-schoolmasters-if-they-would/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

> [Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheapest virtue which can give force to an otherwise utterly insignificant character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/strict-punctuality-is-perhaps-the-cheapest-virtue-which-can-give/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

> [“Sombre thoughts and fancies often require a little real soil or substance to flourish in; they are the dark pine-trees which take root in,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/sombre-thoughts-and-fancies-often-require-a-little-real-soil-or/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

> [Friends should be very delicate and careful in administering pity as medicine, when enemies use the same article as poison.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/friends-should-be-very-delicate-and-careful-in-administering-pity-as/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

> [There is scarcely a man who is not conscious of the benefits which his own mind has received from the performance of single acts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/there-is-scarcely-a-man-who-is-not-conscious-of-the-benefits-which/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

> [Where there is much general deformity nature has often, perhaps generally, accorded some one bodily grace even in over-measure. So, no doubt, with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/where-there-is-much-general-deformity-nature-has-often-perhaps/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

> [It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/it-is-only-with-the-best-judges-that-the-highest-works-of-art-would/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

> [Where we find echoes, we generally find emptiness and hollowness; it is the contrary with the echoes of the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/where-we-find-echoes-we-generally-find-emptiness-and-hollowness-it-is/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

> [Those who, from the desire of our perfection, have the keenest eye far our faults generally compensate for it by taking a higher view…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/those-who-from-the-desire-of-our-perfection-have-the-keenest-eye-far/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

> [There are some books and characters so pleasant, or rather which contain so much that is pleasant, that criticism is perplexed or silent. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/there-are-some-books-and-characters-so-pleasant-or-rather-which/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

> [It is vain to be always looking toward the future and never acting toward it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/it-is-vain-to-be-always-looking-toward-the-future-and-never-acting/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

> [We should remember that it is quite as much a part of friendship to be delicate in its demands as to be ample in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/we-should-remember-that-it-is-quite-as-much-a-part-of-friendship-to/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

> [Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-frederick-boyes/nobility-of-birth-is-like-a-cipher-it-has-no-power-in-itself-like/)

[John Frederick Boyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-frederick-boyes/)

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