The heart contracts as the pocket expands. Christian Nestell Bovee More Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee More Quotes From Christian Nestell Bovee It is easier to die bravely than to live so. Christian Nestell Bovee easier dies courage Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity. Christian Nestell Bovee commodity common-sense educational 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 left to that final neglect from which no amount of present undeserved popularity can rescue it. Christian Nestell Bovee imperfection finals criticism Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things, as from our manner of considering them. Pleasure, especially, is never an invariable effect of particular circumstances. Christian Nestell Bovee gratitude pain spring It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons. Christian Nestell Bovee gratitude lessons evil Melancholy sees the worst of things...[rather than the best] Christian Nestell Bovee melancholy gratitude worst In art there are two principal schools between which each aspirant has to choose--one distinguished by its close adherence to nature, and the other by its strenuous efforts to get above it. Christian Nestell Bovee two art school Few minds wear out; more rust out. Christian Nestell Bovee curiosity mind thinking To cultivate a garden is to walk with God. Christian Nestell Bovee garden nature journey A mother is the best friend God ever gave. Christian Nestell Bovee funny-life funny-inspirational mother Hope is the best part of our riches. Christian Nestell Bovee riches hope To cultivate a garden is. . . to go hand in hand with Nature in some of her most beautiful processes, to learn something of her choicest secrets, and to have a more intelligent interest awakened in the beautiful order of her works elsewhere. Christian Nestell Bovee intelligent nature beautiful The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul. Christian Nestell Bovee coffins body soul In the assurance of strength there is strength; and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers. Christian Nestell Bovee confidence strength strong A strong will deals with the hard facts of life as a sculptor with his marbles, making them facile and yielding to his purposes, and conquering their stubbornness by a greater stubbornness in himself. Christian Nestell Bovee strong purpose facts Wit is better as a seasoning than as a whole dish by itself. Christian Nestell Bovee wit dishes whole Every war involves a greater or less relapse into barbarism. War, indeed, in its details, is the essence of inhumanity. It dehumanizes. It may save the state, but it destroys the citizen. Christian Nestell Bovee details essence war In a contest with a weaker party it is more honorable to yield than to force concession. Magnanimity becomes the strong. Christian Nestell Bovee yield party strong There are ceremonious bows that repel one like a cudgel. Christian Nestell Bovee ceremony bows We take life too seriously: the office of wit is to correct this tendency. Christian Nestell Bovee tendencies wit office
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