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Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it."

The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war."

Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.




Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures."

Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all."

The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all.




Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Talk less about the years to come, Live, love labor more today."

Talk less about the years to come, Live, love labor more today.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time."

Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Nothing is so fragile as thought in its infancy; an interruption breaks it: nothing is so powerful, even to overturning empires, when it reaches its maturity."

Nothing is so fragile as thought in its infancy; an interruption breaks it: nothing is so powerful, even to overturning empires, when it reaches its maturity.




Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to."

Whether one talks well depends very much upon whom he has to talk to.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity."

Common sense, alas in spite of our educational institutions, is a rare commodity.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it."

There will always be romance in the world so long as there are young hearts in it.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and--prayer."

Excellence in art is largely the result of attention to minutiae, and--prayer.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Life being full of harsh realities, we seek relief from them in a variety of pleasing delusions."

Life being full of harsh realities, we seek relief from them in a variety of pleasing delusions.




Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "As many suffer from too much as too little."

As many suffer from too much as too little.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave."

The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "No work deserves to be criticized that has not much in it that deserves to be applauded."

No work deserves to be criticized that has not much in it that deserves to be applauded.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Age, that acquaints us with infirmities in ourselves, should make us tender in our reprehension of weakness elsewhere."

Age, that acquaints us with infirmities in ourselves, should make us tender in our reprehension of weakness elsewhere.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Ambition, in one respect, is like a singer's voice; pitched at too high a key, it breaks and comes to nothing."

Ambition, in one respect, is like a singer's voice; pitched at too high a key, it breaks and comes to nothing.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "An illusion dissipated is an experience gained."

An illusion dissipated is an experience gained.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "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."

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.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "The less the difference, the greater the quarrel over it."

The less the difference, the greater the quarrel over it.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Adhesion to one idea is monomania; to few, slavery."

Adhesion to one idea is monomania; to few, slavery.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "The greatest events of an age are its best thoughts. Thought finds its way into action."

The greatest events of an age are its best thoughts. Thought finds its way into action.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "A great destiny needs a generous diet.... What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!"

A great destiny needs a generous diet.... What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni!



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action."

Dreamers are half-way men of thought, and men of thought are half-way men of action.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "There are seaons when our passions have slept so long that we know not whether they still exist in us. So does flax forget that it is combustible when the fire is away from it."

There are seaons when our passions have slept so long that we know not whether they still exist in us. So does flax forget that it is combustible when the fire is away from it.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it. [a predisposition to notice the beautiful, in everything.]"

The beauty seen is partly in him who sees it. [a predisposition to notice the beautiful, in everything.]



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives."

He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing of our experience except we muse upon it."

We should round every day of stirring action with an evening of thought. We learn nothing of our experience except we muse upon it.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "A profusion of fancies and quotations is out of place in a love-letter. True feeling is always direct, and never deviates into by-ways to cull flowers of rhetoric."

A profusion of fancies and quotations is out of place in a love-letter. True feeling is always direct, and never deviates into by-ways to cull flowers of rhetoric.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race."

Within the sacred walls of libraries we find the best thoughts, the purest feelings, and the most exalted imaginings of our race.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away."

It is with charity as with money--the more we stand in need of it, the less we have to give away.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat."

Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "A woman's love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself."

A woman's love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "It is the life of democracy to favor equality."

It is the life of democracy to favor equality.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one."

If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Logic invents as many fallacies as it detects; it is a good weapon, but as liable to be used in a bad as in a good cause."

Logic invents as many fallacies as it detects; it is a good weapon, but as liable to be used in a bad as in a good cause.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "There would not be so much harm in the giddy following the fashions, if somehow the wise could always set them."

There would not be so much harm in the giddy following the fashions, if somehow the wise could always set them.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "The trouble with men of sense is that they are so dreadfully in earnest all the while."

The trouble with men of sense is that they are so dreadfully in earnest all the while.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "It is seldom that we find out how great are our resources until we are thrown upon them."

It is seldom that we find out how great are our resources until we are thrown upon them.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Better freedom with a crust, than slavery with every luxury."

Better freedom with a crust, than slavery with every luxury.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "All power is indeed weak compared with that of the thinker. He sits upon the throne of his Empire of Thought, mightier far than they who wield material sceptres."

All power is indeed weak compared with that of the thinker. He sits upon the throne of his Empire of Thought, mightier far than they who wield material sceptres.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Care, admitted as guest, quickly turns to be master."

Care, admitted as guest, quickly turns to be master.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "We cannot reason ourselves into love, nor can we reason ourselves out of it, which suggests that love and reason have little to do with each other."

We cannot reason ourselves into love, nor can we reason ourselves out of it, which suggests that love and reason have little to do with each other.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Love makes a few weeks so rich that all the rest of our lives seems poor in comparison."

Love makes a few weeks so rich that all the rest of our lives seems poor in comparison.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it."

Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "The finest compliment that can be paid to a woman of sense is to address her as such."

The finest compliment that can be paid to a woman of sense is to address her as such.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "New situations inspire new thoughts. Here is the benefit of travelling, much more than in mere sight-seeing. We lose ourselves in the streets of our own city, and go abroad to find ourselves."

New situations inspire new thoughts. Here is the benefit of travelling, much more than in mere sight-seeing. We lose ourselves in the streets of our own city, and go abroad to find ourselves.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "It is curious to what a degree one may become attached to a fine tree, especially when it is placed where trees are rare."

It is curious to what a degree one may become attached to a fine tree, especially when it is placed where trees are rare.



Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes: "Wit is better as a seasoning than as a whole dish by itself."

Wit is better as a seasoning than as a whole dish by itself.