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
oysters contentment may
Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
beauty laughing distinction
Beauty can afford to laugh at distinctions: it is itself the greatest distinction.
warrior greatness earthquakes
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done.
alaska literature unseen
It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.
inspirational fear anxiety
There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
tombstone few-words fame
Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
grief losing-a-loved-one cry
Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.
humanity rope degradation
To vindicate the sanctity of human life by taking it is an outrage upon reason. The spectacle of a human being dangling at the end of a gallows-rope is a degradation of humanity.
perseverance men past
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
art slave ideals
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
friendship bad-friend sunshine
False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade.
sweet kissing two
Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, these are love's pretty ingredients for a kiss.
heaven soul literature
Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
inspirational happiness reality
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.