“The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Courtesy
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“What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Science
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“A book should be luminous not voluminous.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Writing
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“The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
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“If one is not virtuous he becomes vicious.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Virtue
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“Mind unemployed is mind un-enjoyed.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
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“The busiest of living agents are certain dead men’s thoughts.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
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“Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
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“Bad taste is a species of bad morals.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
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“Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
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“All men are alike in their lower natures; it is in their higher characters that they differ.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
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“The beauty seen, is partly in him who sees it.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Beauty
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“Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Simplicity
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“The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
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“Our first and last love is… self-love.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Love
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“Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another’s wit.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
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“The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Planning
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“We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Perseverance
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“Passion doesn’t look beyond the moment of its existence.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Passion
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“Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Music
