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

Christian Bovee (1820-1904) American author
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Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 1-Feb-04
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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.

Christian Bovee (1820-1904) American author
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Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it.

Christian Bovee (1820-1904) American author
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Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth having.

Christian Bovee (1820-1904) American author
Thoughts, Feelings, and Fancies (1857)

Added on 14-Feb-08 | Last updated 14-Feb-08
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