It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered

Quote by Christian Nevell Bovee

Topics: Character Quotes, Judgement Quotes, Mistakes Quotes

Books are embalmed minds

Books are embalmed minds

Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness

Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity...

It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity...

The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot...

The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot...

Books are embalmed minds.

Books are embalmed minds.

Our first and last love is... self-love.

Our first and last love is... self-love.

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most...

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful,...

To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful,...

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to...

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to...

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.

Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.

Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.

Heaven lent you a soul Earth will lend a grave.

Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for...

Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for...

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a...

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a...

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I...

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I...

I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.

I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it.

A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one...

A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one...