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
war essence citizens
Every war involves a greater or less relapse into barbarism. War, indeed, in its details, is the essence of inhumanity. It dehumanizes. It may save the state, but it destroys the citizen.
strong party yield
In a contest with a weaker party it is more honorable to yield than to force concession. Magnanimity becomes the strong.
tears departure noise
The activity of the young is like that of railcars in motion--they tear along with noise and turmoil, and leave peace behind them. The quietest nooks, invaded by them, lose their quietude as they pass, and recover it only on their departure.
gay rose feelings
Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest.
home dominion vain
It is in vain that he seeks dominion abroad, who is not kingly at home.
democracy favors
It is the life of democracy to favor equality.
wise fashion harm
There would not be so much harm in the giddy following the fashions, if somehow the wise could always set them.
too-much foundation losing
In secluding himself too much from society, an author is in danger of losing that intimate acquaintance with life which is the only sure foundation of power in a writer.
silence needs said
Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.
men too-much savages
Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
country home world
To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world--without friends or country, home or kindred.
powerful maturity empires
Nothing is so fragile as thought in its infancy; an interruption breaks it: nothing is so powerful, even to overturning empires, when it reaches its maturity.
sorrow misery sorrowful
Sorrow is never more sorrowful than when it jests at its own misery.
book writing distinction
If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.