It may almost be held that the hope of commercial gain has done nearly as much for the cause of truth as… — Christian Nestell Bovee Causes Copy Share Image
The most brilliant flashes of wit come from a clouded mind, as lightning leaps only from an obscure firmament. — Christian Nestell Bovee Brilliant Copy Share Image
Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion. — Christian Nestell Bovee Discretion Copy Share Image
Logic invents as many fallacies as it detects; it is a good weapon, but as liable to be used in a bad… — Christian Nestell Bovee Causes 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
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done. — Christian Nestell Bovee Done Copy Share Image
I once asked a distinguished artist what place he gave to labor in art. "Labor," he in effect said, "is the beginning,… — Christian Nestell Bovee Answers Copy Share Image
The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the… — Christian Nestell Bovee Book Copy Share Image
Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect. — Christian Nestell Bovee Claims Copy Share Image
The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor. — Christian Nestell Bovee Audacity 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
Ideas are like matter, infinitely divisible. It is not given to us to get down so to speak to their final atoms,… — Christian Nestell Bovee Atoms Copy Share Image
The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess. — Christian Nestell Bovee Dangerous Copy Share Image
We may learn from children how large a part of our grievances is imaginary. But the pain is just as real. — Christian Nestell Bovee Children Copy Share Image
Repose without stagnation is the state most favorable to happiness. "The great felicity of life," says Seneca, "is to be without perturbations. — Christian Nestell Bovee Felicity 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
The finest compliment that can be paid to a woman of sense is to address her as such. — Christian Nestell Bovee Addresses Copy Share Image
Luminous quotations, also, atone, by their interest, for the dulness of an inferior book, and add to the value of a superior… — Christian Nestell Bovee Add Copy Share Image
We take life too seriously: the office of wit is to correct this tendency. — Christian Nestell Bovee Life Copy Share Image
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