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However much of time, labor, o...

However much of time, labor, or other means it takes to establish a reputation, it frequently happens that it requires nearly as much to maintain it. One who has written a good book, is expected on all occasions to 'talk like a book.' Or, if one has achieved an act of heroism, he is expected to perform acts of heroism for the edification of all who approach him. There are people who can never believe they see a lion unless they hear him roar.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

Resentments, carried too far, ...

Resentments, carried too far, expose us to a fate analogous to that of the fish-hawk, when he strikes his talons too deep into a fish beyond his capacity to lift, and is carried under and drowned by it.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

It is so natural for us to con...

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, that the wisdom of retiring wholly from employments in advanced life may be questioned. Certainly, he who does so is in danger of finding, before long, that he has only given up the occupation to which he has been accustomed, for the new business of calculating the period of his decease.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

Satire is an abuse of wit. It ...

Satire is an abuse of wit. It corrects few evils.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

All men are alike in their low...

All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

It is the nature of thought to...

It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

Formerly when great fortunes w...

Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was business; but now when great fortunes are only made by business: Business is war!

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

The beauty seen is partly in h...

The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it. [a predisposition to notice the beautiful, in everything.]

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

Melancholy sees the worst of t...

Melancholy sees the worst of things...[rather than the best]

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

It is some compensation for gr...

It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

Pleasure and pain spring not s...

Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things, as from our manner of considering them in particular, what we compare them to.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

Better freedom with a crust, t...

Better freedom with a crust, than slavery with every luxury.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

In general, inquiry ceases whe...

In general, inquiry ceases when we adopt a theory. After that, we overlook whatever makes against it, and see and think, and talk and write, only in its favor. Indeed, when we have a snug, comfortable theory, to which we are much attached, they appear to us as a very mean set of facts that will not square with it.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

All power is indeed weak compa...

All power is indeed weak compared with that of the thinker. He sits upon the throne of his Empire of Thought, mightier far than they who wield material sceptres.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

New situations inspire new tho...

New situations inspire new thoughts. Here is the benefit of travelling, much more than in mere sight-seeing. We lose ourselves in the streets of our own city, and go abroad to find ourselves.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

He must put his whole life int...

He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

If it is a distinction to have...

If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

The reveries of the dreamer ad...

The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.

Christian Nevell Bovee 398 quotes

The activity of the young is l...

The activity of the young is like that of railcars in motion--they tear along with noise and turmoil, and leave peace behind them. The quietest nooks, invaded by them, lose their quietude as they pass, and recover it only on their departure.

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Words, like cannon balls, shou...

Words, like cannon balls, should go direct to their mark.

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