Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA What did Christian Nestell Bovee mean by: It is not the number of facts he knows, but how much of a fact he is himself, that proves the man.
The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Objects, Self, Sensitivity, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
A great destiny needs a generous diet…. What can be expected of a people that live on macaroni! Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Destiny, Diet, Expectations, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Destruction, Legacy, Warfare, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Freedom, Resistance, Tyranny, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
It is some compensation for great evils, that they enforce great lessons. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Compensation, Evils, Lessons, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Balance, Civilization, Human nature, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
Discretion is the salt, and fancy the sugar of life; the one preserves, the other sweetens it. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Life, Preservation, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
What we call conscience in many instances, is only a wholesome fear of the law. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Conscience, Fear, Law, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA