Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Boveewas an epigrammatic New York writer. He was born in New York City...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
Christian Nestell Bovee quotes about
war fortune made
Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was business; but now when great fortunes are only made by business: Business is war!
nature way action
It is the nature of thought to find its way into action.
years cheerful goodness
The cheerful live longest in years, and afterwards in our regards. Cheerfulness is the off-shoot of goodness.
writing suffering world
There is probably no hell for authors in the next world - they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this.
beautiful appreciation generosity
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness.
kindness children flower
Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.
men good-man overcoming
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.
happiness insecure age
Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous, fortunate, and generous life, is that between forty and sixty.
nature character men
All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.
gratitude melancholy worst
Melancholy sees the worst of things...[rather than the best]
gratitude evil lessons
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons.
inspirational honesty greatness
Honesty is not only the first step toward greatness, it is greatness itself.
book mind
Books are embalmed minds.
flower feelings letters
A profusion of fancies and quotations is out of place in a love-letter. True feeling is always direct, and never deviates into by-ways to cull flowers of rhetoric.