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• Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Business, War, Made

  "Intuitions and Summaries of Thought" by Christian Nestell Bovee, Vol. I, (p. 82), 1862.

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• It is difficult to say which is the greatest evil--to have too violent passions, or to be wholly devoid of them. Controlled with firmness, guided by discretion, and hallowed by the imagination, the passions are the vivifiers and quickeners of our being. Without passion there can be no energy of character. Indeed, the passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways, and dangerous only in one--through their excess.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Passion, Character, Fire

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.77

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• Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Smile, Character, May

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

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Nature, Way, Action

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• Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Truth, Sun, Submit

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• Give me the character and I will forecast the event.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Character, Giving, Events

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• The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Life, Literature, Courtesy

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• A book should be luminous not voluminous.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Book, Writing, Should

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• There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Inspirational, Fear, Anxiety

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• Logic invents as many fallacies as it detects; it is a good weapon, but as liable to be used in a bad as in a good cause.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Weapons, Causes, Logic

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• We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Perseverance, Past, Men

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• Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Men, Savages, Littles

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• The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it--to realize it to the full--to be a profound and inscrutable mystery.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Life, Profound, Understanding

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.11

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• Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Character, Example, Followers

  "Intuitions and Summaries of Thought (Volume I)". Book by Christian Nestell Bovee, 1862.

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• Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Children, Kindness, Flower

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.104

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• There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Freedom, Tyrants, Customs

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• It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Alaska, Unseen, Literature

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• The great obstacle to progress is prejudice

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Progress, Prejudice, Obstacles

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.105

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• A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Motivational, Strong, Determination

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• Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Oysters, Contentment, Elements

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• The great artist is a slave to his ideals.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Art, Slave, Ideals

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• 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 shore.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Blow, Wind, May

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• Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Life, Sugar, Fancy

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• Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Love, Heart, Successful

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.38

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• Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Life, Noble, Rich

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.14

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