"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities."
-Christian Nestell Bovee
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"Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.“
-Christian Nestell Bovee
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"When all else is lost, the future still remains."
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"A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough."
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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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"Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music."
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"Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it."
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