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• It is in vain that he seeks dominion abroad, who is not kingly at home.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Home, Dominion, Vain

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1871). “Summaries of Thought”

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• The activity of the young is like that of railcars in motion--they tear along with noise and turmoil, and leave peace behind them. The quietest nooks, invaded by them, lose their quietude as they pass, and recover it only on their departure.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Tears, Departure, Noise

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1871). “Summaries of Thought”

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• There are none so low but they have their triumphs. Small successes suffice for small souls.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Soul, Triumph, Lows

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• He has but one great fear that fears to do wrong.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Fear

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 244), 1895.

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• The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Strong, Honesty, Greatness

  "Many Thoughts of Many Minds" by Louis Klopsch, (p. 133), 1896.

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• Galileo called doubt the father of invention; it is certainly the pioneer.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Father, Doubt, Pioneers

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• 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

  Beautiful, Skulls, Looks

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.52

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• Very handsome women have usually far less sensibility to compliments than their less beautiful sisters.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Beautiful, Women, Handsome

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• Passion doesn't look beyond the moment of its existence.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Passion, Feelings, Looks

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• The finest compliment that can be paid to a woman of sense is to address her as such.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Women, Addresses, Compliment

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• Elements of the heroic exist in almost every individual: it is only the felicitous development of them all in one that is rare.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Hero, Elements, Development

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• Hard workers are usually honest; industry lifts them above temptation.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Hard Work, Temptation, Honest

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.5

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• Satire is an abuse of wit. It corrects few evils.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Evil, Abuse, Satire

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.207

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• The loss of a beloved connection awakens an interest in Heaven before unfelt.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Death, Loss, Heaven

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• In general, inquiry ceases when we adopt a theory. After that, we overlook whatever makes against it, and see and think, and talk and write, only in its favor. Indeed, when we have a snug, comfortable theory, to which we are much attached, they appear to us as a very mean set of facts that will not square with it.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Writing, Mean, Thinking

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.167

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• It is curious to what a degree one may become attached to a fine tree, especially when it is placed where trees are rare.

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  Tree, Degrees, May

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.179

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• Every war involves a greater or less relapse into barbarism. War, indeed, in its details, is the essence of inhumanity. It dehumanizes. It may save the state, but it destroys the citizen.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  War, Essence, Details

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• In a contest with a weaker party it is more honorable to yield than to force concession. Magnanimity becomes the strong.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Strong, Party, Yield

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• A strong will deals with the hard facts of life as a sculptor with his marbles, making them facile and yielding to his purposes, and conquering their stubbornness by a greater stubbornness in himself.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Strong, Purpose, Facts

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• The less the difference, the greater the quarrel over it.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Differences, Quarrels, Over It

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• Six traits of effective leaders: 1. Make others feel important 2. Promote a vision 3. Follow the golden rule 4. Admit mistakes 5. Criticize others only in private 6. Stay close to the action Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Leadership, Mistake, Character

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• There is, indeed, no wild beast more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Men, Beast, Communicate

  "Intuitions and Summaries of Thought" by Christian Nestell Bovee, Vol. I, (p. 124), 1862.

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• 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

  Character, Tape, Noses

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.82

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• The worth of a book is a matter of expressed juices.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Book, Juice, Matter

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.17

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• All power is indeed weak compared with that of the thinker. He sits upon the throne of his Empire of Thought, mightier far than they who wield material sceptres.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Thinking, Thrones, Empires

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