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
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.
honesty people faults
Dishonest people conceal their faults from themselves as well as others, honest people know and confess them.
anticipation trouble
Troubles forereckoned are doubly suffered.
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.
humility proud would-be
Some one called Sir Richard Steele the "vilest of mankind," and he retorted with proud humility, "It would be a glorious world if I were.
mistake character errors
It is only an error in judgment to make a mistake, but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered
hunger-and-poverty world crime
We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime
vigor vitality audacity
The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
mistake literature sound
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.
humor water firsts
By his provocations to good-natured merriment, a humorist of the first water contributes as much to the sum of happiness as the gravest philosopher.
five-senses importance duty
Besides the five senses, there is a sixth sense, of equal importance--the sense of duty.