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
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tree may degrees
It is curious to what a degree one may become attached to a fine tree, especially when it is placed where trees are rare.
wall race feelings
Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.
believe book mean
However much of time, labor, or other means it takes to establish a reputation, it frequently happens that it requires nearly as much to maintain it. One who has written a good book, is expected on all occasions to "talk like a book." Or, if one has achieved an act of heroism, he is expected to perform acts of heroism for the edification of all who approach him. There are people who can never believe they see a lion unless they hear him roar.
life noble rich
Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.
life reality relief
Life being full of harsh realities, we seek relief from them in a variety of pleasing delusions.
weapons causes logic
Logic invents as many fallacies as it detects; it is a good weapon, but as liable to be used in a bad as in a good cause.
love eye heart
None but those who have loved can be supposed to understand the oratory of the eye, the mute eloquence of a look, or the conversational powers of the face. Love's sweetest meanings are unspoken; the full heart knows no rhetoric of words, and resorts to the pantomime of sighs and glances.
love littles reason
We cannot reason ourselves into love, nor can we reason ourselves out of it, which suggests that love and reason have little to do with each other.
love rich week
Love makes a few weeks so rich that all the rest of our lives seems poor in comparison.
success mind gimlets
Successful minds work like a gimlet--to a single point.
money men long
Men were created for something better than merely to make money. A close application to business, until a competence is gained, is one of the chief virtues; but to continue in trade long after this result is obtained, is one of the signs, not to be mistaken, of a sordid and ignoble nature.
money appreciate ability
One must have been, at some time or other, in a situation where a small sum was as necessary almost as life itself, with no more ability to raise it than to raise the dead, before he can fully appreciate the value of money.
age demand revision
Youth is the season of receptivity, and should be devoted to acquirement; and manhood of power--that demands an earnest application. Old age is for revision.
party passion class
Our opinions partake, more or less, of the prejudices of our class, party, or sect. We are all largely pledged, through interest, affection, or passion, to particular classes of opinion, and the strength of efforts to get released from these pledges, is the measure of our advancement.