Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Great, Everything, Enthusiasm

In politics, merit is rewarded by the possessor being raised, like a target, to a position to be fired at.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Politics, Position, Fired

It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Seen, Invisible, Worship

Living with a saint is more grueling than being one.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Living, Saint, Grueling

Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Children, Cares, Felicity

Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Enemy, Panic, Sudden

Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Culture, Simplicity, Extreme

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Soul, Dead, Body

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Great, Artist, Slave

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Plan, Audacity, Execute

The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Fire, Through, Dangerous

They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Faith, Strong, Themselves

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Great, Last, Bear

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Fear, Ignorance, Proportion

We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Past, Boldly, Pushes

We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Nature, Since, Limits

Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Friend, Wine, Guard

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: 1820

Died: 1904

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