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May Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee
- Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.
- Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of…
- The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave, and the imperfect may safely be…
- It is safer to quote what is written than what is spoken. What a man writes it is fair to presume he believes as a…
- It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off…
- Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.
- A mother's love is indeed the golden link that binds youth to age; and he is still but a child, however time may have furrowed…
- The cause of laziness is physiological; it is an infirmity of the constitution, and its victim is as much to be pitied as a sufferer…
- Who aspires to remain leader must keep in advance of his column. His fear must not play traitor to his occasions. The instant he falls…
- We repose too much upon the actual, when we should be seeking to develop the possibilities of our being. It is true of nearly all…
- It is so natural for us to consider our presence as indispensable in the world, so long as we have much to do in it,…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong