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Christian Nestell Bovee

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The identity of Christian Nestell Bovee may be elusive, but the power of their words is anything but. The range of their thinking — from Fear to Nature — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. 18 of Christian Nestell Bovee's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of Fear, Nature, Truth, Politics, and Music. Consider this gem from Christian Nestell Bovee: "Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music."

“Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

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All Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

“Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong he has a thousand who has overcome it.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Fear

“Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Truth

“Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Food

“Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Courage

“A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Failure

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

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Politics

“They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Faith

“Tears are nature's lotion for the eyes. The eyes see better for being washed by them.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Nature

“Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Best

“Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Imagination

“No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Happiness

“We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Nature

“We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Fear

“There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Beauty

“When all else is lost, the future still remains.”

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Future