Ifs Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

9 Ifs quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

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Bovee’s aphoristic style often captures timeless truths in a few words. This set of nine short reflections examines the conditional turns of life, presenting a concise, contemplative lens on the choices we face.

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If one is not virtuous he becomes vicious.

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It is of very little use in trying to be dignified, if dignity is no part of your character.

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Some one called Sir Richard Steele the "vilest of mankind," and he retorted with proud humility, "It would be a glorious world…

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Many an honest man practices upon himself an amount of deceit sufficient, if practised upon another, and in a little different way,…

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Hope is the best part of our riches. What sufficeth it that we have the wealth of the Indies in our pockets,…

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

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The use we make of our fortune determines its sufficiency. A little is enough if used wisely, and too much if expended…

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

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However much of time, labor, or other means it takes to establish a reputation, it frequently happens that it requires nearly as…

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We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime

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He has but one great fear that fears to do wrong.

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

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

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It is with a company as it is with a punch, everything depends upon the ingredients of which it in composed.

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It is not the number of facts he knows, but how much of a fact he is himself, that proves the man.

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