Who is Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Bovee (February 22, 1820 – January 18, 1904) was an epigrammatic New York City writer.BiographyChristian Nestell Bovee was born in New York on February 22, 1820.Bovee wrote two books that were widely quoted in contemporaneous compilations, these being Intuitions and Summaries of Thought and Thoughts, Feelings and Fancies.It was reported that Bovee "enjoyed the intimate friendship of Washington Irving, Longfellow, Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes and of all the brilliant men who composed at that time the Saturday Evening Club of Boston". He died in Philadelphia on January 18, 1904.ReferencesExternal linksWorks by or about Christian Nestell Bovee at Internet Archive Quotations related to Christian Nestell Bovee at Wikiquote...Read Full Biography of Christian Nestell Bovee
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- There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable.
- Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
- Courage enlarges, cowardice diminishes resources. In desperate straits the fears of the timid aggravate the dangers that imperil the brave.
- A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
- They are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.
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