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Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

Life being full of harsh realities, we seek relief from them in a variety of pleasing delusions Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Love makes a few weeks so rich that all the rest of our lives seems poor in comparison Picture Quote #1

Men were created for something better than merely to make money. A close application to business, until a competence is gained, is one of the chief virtues; but to continue in trade long after this result is obtained, is one of the signs, not to be mistaken, of a sordid and ignoble nature Picture Quote #1

One must have been, at some time or other, in a situation where a small sum was as necessary almost as life itself, with no more ability to raise it than to raise the dead, before he can fully appreciate the value of money Picture Quote #1

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Our opinions partake, more or less, of the prejudices of our class, party, or sect. We are all largely pledged, through interest, affection, or passion, to particular classes of opinion, and the strength of efforts to get released from these pledges, is the measure of our advancement Picture Quote #1

When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not Picture Quote #1

We repose too much upon the actual, when we should be seeking to develop the possibilities of our being. It is true of nearly all of us, that what we have done is little compared with what we might have accomplished, or may hereafter effect Picture Quote #1

The questions most furiously discussed are those which have in them a basis of truth, and yet a large admixture of errors. We inconsiderately take hold of, and mistakingly support or oppose them, as either wholly true or wholly false Picture Quote #1

It is so natural for us to consider our presence as indispensable in the world, so long as we have much to do in it, that the wisdom of retiring wholly from employments in advanced life may be questioned. Certainly, he who does so is in danger of finding, before long, that he has only given up the occupation to which he has been accustomed, for the new business of calculating the period of his decease Picture Quote #1

It is curious to what a degree one may become attached to a fine tree, especially when it is placed where trees are rare Picture Quote #1

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Every war involves a greater or less relapse into barbarism. War, indeed, in its details, is the essence of inhumanity. It dehumanizes. It may save the state, but it destroys the citizen Picture Quote #1

In a contest with a weaker party it is more honorable to yield than to force concession. Magnanimity becomes the strong Picture Quote #1

A strong will deals with the hard facts of life as a sculptor with his marbles, making them facile and yielding to his purposes, and conquering their stubbornness by a greater stubbornness in himself Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat Picture Quote #1

The finest compliment that can be paid to a woman of sense is to address her as such Picture Quote #1

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A woman’s love, like lichens upon a rock, will still grow where even charity can find no soil to nurture itself Picture Quote #1

He must put his whole life into his work, who would do it well, and make it potential to influence other lives Picture Quote #1

The reveries of the dreamer advance his hopes, but not their realization. One good hour of earnest work is worth them all Picture Quote #1

If it is a distinction to have written a good book, it is also a disgrace to have written a bad one Picture Quote #1

Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

There are none so low but they have their triumphs. Small successes suffice for small souls Picture Quote #1

Hunting is a relic of the barbarism that once thirsted for human blood, but is now content with the blood of animals Picture Quote #1

The next best thing to being witty one’s self, is to be able to be able to quote another’s wit Picture Quote #1

What is taken from the fortune, also, may haply be so much lifted from the soul. The greatness of a loss, as the proverb suggests, is determinable, not so much by what we have lost, as by what we have left Picture Quote #1

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade Picture Quote #1

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Life being full of harsh realities, we seek relief from them in a variety of pleasing delusions (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 (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 (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) Love makes a few weeks so rich that all the rest of our lives seems poor in comparison (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) Men were created for something better than merely to make money. A close application to business, until a competence is gained, is one of the chief virtues; but to continue in trade long after this result is obtained, is one of the signs, not to be mistaken, of a sordid and ignoble nature (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) One must have been, at some time or other, in a situation where a small sum was as necessary almost as life itself, with no more ability to raise it than to raise the dead, before he can fully appreciate the value of money (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) Our opinions partake, more or less, of the prejudices of our class, party, or sect. We are all largely pledged, through interest, affection, or passion, to particular classes of opinion, and the strength of efforts to get released from these pledges, is the measure of our advancement (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) We repose too much upon the actual, when we should be seeking to develop the possibilities of our being. It is true of nearly all of us, that what we have done is little compared with what we might have accomplished, or may hereafter effect (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) The questions most furiously discussed are those which have in them a basis of truth, and yet a large admixture of errors. We inconsiderately take hold of, and mistakingly support or oppose them, as either wholly true or wholly false (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) It is so natural for us to consider our presence as indispensable in the world, so long as we have much to do in it, that the wisdom of retiring wholly from employments in advanced life may be questioned. Certainly, he who does so is in danger of finding, before long, that he has only given up the occupation to which he has been accustomed, for the new business of calculating the period of his decease (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 (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) Every war involves a greater or less relapse into barbarism. War, indeed, in its details, is the essence of inhumanity. It dehumanizes. It may save the state, but it destroys the citizen (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) In a contest with a weaker party it is more honorable to yield than to force concession. Magnanimity becomes the strong (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) A strong will deals with the hard facts of life as a sculptor with his marbles, making them facile and yielding to his purposes, and conquering their stubbornness by a greater stubbornness in himself (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 (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 (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) The finest compliment that can be paid to a woman of sense is to address her as such (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 (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 (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 (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 (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) Like the withered roses of a once gay garland, the feelings of youth command in age a melancholy interest (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) 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 (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 (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) There are none so low but they have their triumphs. Small successes suffice for small souls (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) Hunting is a relic of the barbarism that once thirsted for human blood, but is now content with the blood of animals (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) The next best thing to being witty one’s self, is to be able to be able to quote another’s wit (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) What is taken from the fortune, also, may haply be so much lifted from the soul. The greatness of a loss, as the proverb suggests, is determinable, not so much by what we have lost, as by what we have left (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes) False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade (Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes)

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