Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA What did Christian Nestell Bovee mean by: The cure for tender sensibilities is to make more of our objects and less of our selves.
Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Discretion, Eloquence, Silence, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Hierarchy, Materialism, Satisfaction, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
Sorrow is never more sorrowful than when it jests at its own misery. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Misery, Sorrow, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
We give our best affections to the beautiful, only our second best to the useful. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Affection, Beauty, Utility, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
Weakness ineffectually seeks to disguise itself,–like a drunken man trying to show how sober he is. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Deception, Pretense, Weakness, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
To death we owe our life; the passing of one generation opens a way for another. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Cycle, Legacy, Life, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
The trouble with men of sense is that they are so dreadfully in earnest all the while. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Earnestness, Perception, Seriousness, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christian Nestell Bovee, Circumstances, Influence, Perception, 0 Christian Nestell Bovee Author · USA
