[ christian nevell bovee Quotes ]
35 Quotations
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A book should be luminous not voluminous.
[ Writers and Writing ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
13 votes
A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
[ Failure ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
20 votes
Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.
[ Affliction ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
10 votes
All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
[ Character ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
27 votes
Bad taste is a species of bad morals.
[ Taste ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
11 votes
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
[ Genius ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
19 votes
Hope is the best part of our riches.
[ Hope ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
15 votes
If one is not virtuous he becomes vicious.
[ Virtue ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
24 votes
Imitation belittles.
[ Imitation ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
16 votes
Kindness is a language the dumb can speak and the deaf can hear and understand.
[ Kindness ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
27 votes
Mind unemployed is mind un-enjoyed.
[ Unemployment ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
17 votes
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
[ Music ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
23 votes
Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
[ Quotations ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
25 votes
Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
[ Fear ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
9 votes
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
[ Simplicity ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
7 votes
Passion doesn't look beyond the moment of its existence.
[ Passion ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
11 votes
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
[ Tears ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
8 votes
Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
[ Eyes ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
29 votes
The beauty seen, is partly in him who sees it.
[ Beauty ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
13 votes
The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.
[ Sensuality ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
8 votes
The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.
[ Thoughts and Thinking ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
19 votes
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
[ Arts and Artists ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
11 votes
The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.
[ Virtue ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
21 votes
The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
[ Planning ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
9 votes
The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.
[ Courtesy ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
6 votes
Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.
[ Joy ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
21 votes
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
[ Perseverance ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
14 votes
We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.
[ Desire ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
21 votes
What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.
[ Conscience ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
16 votes
Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.
[ Alcohol and Alcoholism ]
Christian Nevell Bovee
10 votes
