Quotes from Christian Nestell Bovee


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    The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.

    Men | Law | Grow


    In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.

    Politics | Target | Fired


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

    Cares | Felicity


    It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.

    Worship | Invisible | Seen


    The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.

    Fire | Dangerous | Excess


    Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.

    Culture | Simplicity | Extreme


    Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

    Grief | Bleeds | Inwardly


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

    Faith | Strong | Themselves


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

    Past | Boldly | Pushes


    Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.

    Saint | Grueling


    Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

    Talent | Genius | Length


    Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

    Best | Witty | Wit


    Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.

    Truth | Words | Fame


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

    Great | Enthusiasm | Feared


    Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.

    Enemy | Panic | Desertion


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

    Mistake | Sound | Repeating


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

    Soul | Body | Dead


    Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

    Admire | Reason | Followers


    We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.

    Nature | Limits | Desires


    Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.

    Wine | Friend | Guard


       

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