"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."

Christian Nestell Bovee, American Author

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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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"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."

"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter."

"Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can."

"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."

"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"

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"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."

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"Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music."

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