Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

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Writer · American · 1820–1904

American writer (1820–1904)

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“The light in the world comes principally from two sources,—the sun, and the student's lamp.”
— Christian Nestell Bovee

“What a man knows should find its expression in what he does. The value of superior knowledge is chiefly in that it leads to a performing manhood.”
— Christian Nestell Bovee

“Melancholy sees the worst of things,—things as they may be, and not as they are. It looks upon a beautiful face, and sees but a grinning skull.”
— Christian Nestell Bovee

“The scope of an intellect is not to be measured with a tape-string, or a character deciphered from the shape or length of a nose.”
— Christian Nestell Bovee

“The great obstacle to progress is prejudice.”
— Christian Nestell Bovee

“At all events, the next best thing to being witty one's self, is to be able to quote another's wit.”
— Christian Nestell Bovee

“Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power.”
— Christian Nestell Bovee

“It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not.”
— Christian Nestell Bovee