"The questions most furiously discussed are those which……" — Christian Nestell Bovee
"The questions most furiously discussed are those which have in them a basis of truth, and yet a large admixture of errors. We inconsiderately take hold of, and mistakingly support or oppose them, as either wholly true or wholly false."
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Christian Nestell Bovee
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180 Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Bovee has 180 quotes on this site.
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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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For benefits return benefits; for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge.
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I feel what they feel: man-hating, that volatile admixture of pity, contempt, disgust, envy, alienation, fear, and rage at men.…
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Every great genius has an admixture of madness.
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