83 ordspråk av Christian Nevell Bovee
Christian Nevell Bovee
 The Breath becomes a stone; the stone, a plant; the plant, an animal; the animal, a man; the man, a spirit; and the spirit, a god. |
| The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts |
| The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better. |
| The great artist is a slave to his ideals. |
| The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance. |
| The next best thing to being witty is to quote another's wit |
| The passions are like fire, useful in a thousand ways and dangerous only in one, through their excess |
| The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. |
| The worst deluded are the self - deluded |
| There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable. |
| There is no tyrant like custom, and no freedom where its edicts are not resisted |
| They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers. |
| To cultivate a garden is to walk with God |
| To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful, an appreciation of the noble, and a sense of the profound |
| Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys. |
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