"Next to God, we are indebted to women,……" — Christian Nestell Bovee
"Next to God, we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth having."
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184 Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Bovee has 184 quotes on this site.
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False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the…
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Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
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We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.
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It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in…
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Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
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There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other…
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Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave.
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A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
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Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
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Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
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Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.
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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today.
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I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
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