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
ambition progress aim
An ambition to excel in petty things obstructs the progress to nobler aims.
art style taste
A peculiar work in any art must not be too hastily judged. New styles have to create new tastes.
art prayer excellence
Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and--prayer.
laziness may disease
The cause of laziness is physiological; it is an infirmity of the constitution, and its victim is as much to be pitied as a sufferer from any other constitutional infirmity. It is even worse than many other diseases; from them the patient may recover, while this is incurable.
father philosophy doubt
Can that which is the greatest virtue in philosophy, doubt (called by Galileo the father of invention), be in religion what the priests term it, the greatest of sins?
miracle christ stills
Rejecting the miracles of Christ, we still have the miracle of Christ Himself.
may gains causes
It may almost be held that the hope of commercial gain has done nearly as much for the cause of truth as even the love of truth.
complaining complaints pitiful
Complaint is. more contemptible than pitiful.
character giving proud
Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.
character trying use
It is of very little use in trying to be dignified, if dignity is no part of your character.
devotion faculty earnestness
Earnestness is the devotion of all the faculties.
friendship weakness virtue
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
past history gold
Truth comes to us from the past, as gold is washed down from the mountains of Sierra Nevada, in minute but precious particles, and intermixed with infinite alloy, the debris of the centuries.
hope heaven soul
Hope is the best part of our riches. What sufficeth it that we have the wealth of the Indies in our pockets, if we have not the hope of heaven in our souls?