"A particular disappointment is seldom more than an……" — Christian Nestell Bovee
"A particular disappointment is seldom more than an excrescence upon the trunk of a general good--a shower that spoils the pleasure party, but refreshes and enriches the earth."
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180 Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee
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False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the…
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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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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It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in…
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Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other…
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
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Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
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Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
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Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.
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No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn't manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I…
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Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience…
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.
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Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope.
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It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
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Do what you will, this world's a fiction and is made up of contradiction.
— William Blake
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