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
love-yourself first-love love-is
Our first and last love is self-love.
tombstone few-words fame
Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.
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.
luxury slavery
Better freedom with a crust, than slavery with every luxury.
bows ceremony
There are ceremonious bows that repel one like a cudgel.
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.
dishes wit seasoning
Wit is better as a seasoning than as a whole dish by itself.
apples expectations way
There is no sense of weariness like that which closes in a day of eager and unintermittent pursuit of pleasure. The apple is eaten, but "the core sticks in the throat." Expectation has then given way to ennui, appetite to satiety.
winter night vegetation
Winter is the night of vegetation.
excellence distinction pursuit
The highest excellence is seldom attained in more than one vocation. The roads leading to distinction in separate pursuits diverge, and the nearer we approach the one, the farther we recede from the other.