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Christian Nestell Bovee was an American writer, philosopher, and theologian known for his works in moral philosophy, religion, and literary criticism.

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“None but those who have loved can be supposed to understand the oratory of the eye, the mute eloquence of a look, or the conversational powers of the face. Love's sweetest meanings are unspoken; the full heart knows no rhetoric of words, and resorts to the pantomime of sighs and glances.”

Knows Love Looks Heart Eye Faces Rhetoric Glances Sigh Resorts Sweetest Eloquence Unspoken Mute Oratory Pantomime Full Hearts

Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

“We cannot reason ourselves into love, nor can we reason ourselves out of it, which suggests that love and reason have little to do with each other.”

Love Littles Reason

Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

“Love makes a few weeks so rich that all the rest of our lives seems poor in comparison.”

Love Seems Poor Rich Our Lives Week Comparison

Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

“Love delights in paradoxes. Saddest when it has most reason to be gay, sighs are the signs of its deepest joy, and silence is the expression of its yearning tenderness.”

Love Reason Joy Silence Expression Gay Delight Paradox Yearning Tenderness Silence Is Sigh Saddest

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“Successful love takes a load off our hearts, and puts it upon our shoulders.”

Love Heart Successful Shoulders Load Successful Love

Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

“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.”

“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.”

Love Literature Successful Ambition Merit Prize Rivals Rivalry

Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

“Our first and last love is self-love.”

Love Firsts Self Lasts Love Is Marriage Self Love Addiction Love Yourself First Love I Love Myself Funny Valentines Day Firsts And Lasts Just Love Yourself Love Yourself First Love My Self Yourself And Love

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“Love's sweetest meanings are unspoken; the full heart knows no rhetoric of words.”

Knows Love Heart Rhetoric Sweetest Unspoken Full Hearts

Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

About the Author

Born: February 22, 1820
Died: 1904
Known for: Author
Quotes: 314

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