Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

American - Author | February 22, 1820 - January 18, 1904

We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.

Christian Nestell Bovee

YourselfDoubtYouWillNeverWhom

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

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As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.

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When all else is lost, the future still remains.

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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.

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Sensitiveness is closely allied to egotism; and excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves.

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The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.

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They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.

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Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

Christian Nestell Bovee

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