All good writing leaves something unexpressed. — Christian Nestell Bovee Good writing Copy Share Image
Melancholy sees the worst of things...[rather than the best] — Christian Nestell Bovee Gratitude Copy Share Image
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons. — Christian Nestell Bovee Compensation Copy Share Image
Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on. — Christian Nestell Bovee Fame Copy Share Image
A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it. — Christian Nestell Bovee Discretion Copy Share Image
Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness. — Christian Nestell Bovee Consciousness Copy Share Image
To death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another. — Christian Nestell Bovee Death Copy Share Image
Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect. — Christian Nestell Bovee Claims Copy Share Image
Dishonesty is a forsaking of permanent for temporary advantages. — Christian Nestell Bovee Advantage Copy Share Image
Age, that acquaints us with infirmities in ourselves, should make us tender in our reprehension of weakness elsewhere. — Christian Nestell Bovee Age Copy Share Image
In art there are two principal schools between which each aspirant has to choose--one distinguished by its close adherence to nature, and… — Christian Nestell Bovee Adherence Copy Share Image
It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may… — Christian Nestell Bovee Blow Copy Share Image
We cannot reason ourselves into love, nor can we reason ourselves out of it, which suggests that love and reason have little… — Christian Nestell Bovee Inspirational Copy Share Image
Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection.… — Christian Nestell Bovee Acts of kindness Copy Share Image
When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that… — Christian Nestell Bovee Enjoy Copy Share Image
Passion looks not beyond the moment of its existence. Better, it says, the kisses of love to day, than the felicities of… — Christian Nestell Bovee Afar Copy Share Image
Elements of the heroic exist in almost every individual: it is only the felicitous development of them all in one that is… — Christian Nestell Bovee Development Copy Share Image
We repose too much upon the actual, when we should be seeking to develop the possibilities of our being. It is true… — Christian Nestell Bovee Accomplished Copy Share Image
The language of the heart--the language which "comes from the heart" and "goes to the heart"--is always simple, always graceful, and always… — Christian Nestell Bovee Art Copy Share Image
To no circumstance is the wide diffusion of error in the world more owing than to our habit of adopting conclusions from… — Christian Nestell Bovee Adopting Copy Share Image
However much of time, labor, or other means it takes to establish a reputation, it frequently happens that it requires nearly as… — Christian Nestell Bovee Acts of heroism Copy Share Image
The cause of laziness is physiological; it is an infirmity of the constitution, and its victim is as much to be pitied… — Christian Nestell Bovee Causes Copy Share Image
It is safer to quote what is written than what is spoken. What a man writes it is fair to presume he… — Christian Nestell Bovee Believe Copy Share Image
It is difficult to say which is the greatest evil--to have too violent passions, or to be wholly devoid of them. Controlled… — Christian Nestell Bovee Character Copy Share Image
Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers. — Christian Nestell Bovee Children Copy Share Image
Passion doesn't look beyond the moment of its existence. — Christian Nestell Bovee Existence Copy Share Image
Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it. — Christian Nestell Bovee Economics Copy Share Image
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