15 quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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“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

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

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“When all else is lost, the future still remains.” — Christian Nestell Bovee

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

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

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

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

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

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

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