There is scarcely a man who is not conscious of the benefits which his own mind has received from the performance of single acts of benevolence. How strange that so few of us try a course of the same medicine!
It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen in their rudiments. - John Frederick Boyes
It is only with the best judges that the highest works of art would lose none of their honor by being seen in their rudiments.
- John Frederick Boyes
Sombre thoughts and fancies often require a little real soil or substance to flourish in; they are the dark pine-trees which take root in, and frown … - John Frederick Boyes
Sombre thoughts and fancies often require a little real soil or substance to flourish in; they are the dark pine-trees which take root in, and frown …
It is vain to be always looking toward the future and never acting toward it. - John Frederick Boyes
It is vain to be always looking toward the future and never acting toward it.
Where there is much general deformity nature has often, perhaps generally, accorded some one bodily grace even in over-measure. So, no doubt, with th… - John Frederick Boyes
Where there is much general deformity nature has often, perhaps generally, accorded some one bodily grace even in over-measure. So, no doubt, with th…
Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all the power of a cipher when added to eith… - John Frederick Boyes
Nobility of birth is like a cipher; it has no power in itself, like wealth or talent; but, it tells with all the power of a cipher when added to eith…
There is scarcely a man who is not conscious of the benefits which his own mind has received from the performance of single acts of benevolence. How … - John Frederick Boyes
There is scarcely a man who is not conscious of the benefits which his own mind has received from the performance of single acts of benevolence. How …
There are some books and characters so pleasant, or rather which contain so much that is pleasant, that criticism is perplexed or silent. The hounds … - John Frederick Boyes
There are some books and characters so pleasant, or rather which contain so much that is pleasant, that criticism is perplexed or silent. The hounds …
We should remember that it is quite as much a part of friendship to be delicate in its demands as to be ample in its performances. - John Frederick Boyes
We should remember that it is quite as much a part of friendship to be delicate in its demands as to be ample in its performances.
It would be a great advantage to some schoolmasters if they would steal two hours a day from their pupils and give their own minds the benefit of the… - John Frederick Boyes
It would be a great advantage to some schoolmasters if they would steal two hours a day from their pupils and give their own minds the benefit of the…
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