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Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Biography

Author Profession: Author
Nationality: American
Born: 1820
Died: 1904

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Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Our first and last love is self-love.
Christian Nestell Bovee

Doubt whom you will, but never yourself.
Christian Nestell Bovee

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
Christian Nestell Bovee

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

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
Christian Nestell Bovee

A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
Christian Nestell Bovee

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Afford, Ambition, Aspired, Graceful, Indulgent, Love, Merit, Our, Own, Prize, Recognize, Successful, Their, Toward, Vainly