At the best, sarcasms, bitter irony, scathing wit, are a sort of swordplay of the mind. You pink your adversary, and he is forthwith dead; and then you deserve to be hung for it. Christian Nestell Bovee More Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee More Quotes From Christian Nestell Bovee Doubt whom you will, but never yourself. Christian Nestell Bovee runningmotivationalinspirational We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. Christian Nestell Bovee ignorancefearlife It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it. Christian Nestell Bovee passionkissinglove When all else is lost, the future still remains. Christian Nestell Bovee futurelosinglife Four sweet lips, two pure souls, and one undying affection, - these are love's pretty ingredients for a kiss. Christian Nestell Bovee kissingsweettwo False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade. Christian Nestell Bovee fake-friendsfake-peoplefriendship Heaven lent you a soul, Earth will lend a grave. Christian Nestell Bovee soulliteratureheaven Our first and last love is self-love. Christian Nestell Bovee funny-valentines-daymarriagelove No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. Christian Nestell Bovee happinessinspirationalreality It is our relation to circumstances that determine their influence over us. The same wind that blows one ship into port may blow another off shore. Christian Nestell Bovee blowmaywind The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it--to realize it to the full--to be a profound and inscrutable mystery. Christian Nestell Bovee understandingprofoundlife There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable. Christian Nestell Bovee anxietyfearinspirational We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us. Christian Nestell Bovee perseverancemenpast Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage. Christian Nestell Bovee savageslittlesmen Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity. Christian Nestell Bovee simplicityrunningculture Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music. Christian Nestell Bovee shelterclothesmusic It is the nature of thought to find its way into action. Christian Nestell Bovee natureactionway Truth, like the sun, submits to be obscured; but, like the sun, only for a time. Christian Nestell Bovee submittruthsun The great artist is a slave to his ideals. Christian Nestell Bovee idealsslaveart Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising. Christian Nestell Bovee enterprisingmatrimonycauses
