American - Author | February 22, 1820 - January 18, 1904
Earth took her shining station as a star, In Heaven's dark hall, high up the crowd of worlds.
Christian Nestell Bovee
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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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.
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Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.
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In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
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Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.
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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.
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We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.
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Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.
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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
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