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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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Famous Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes

“Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.”

May Poor Economy Rich Frugality

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“Life is indeed either a rich possession or a poor, according as it is made subservient to noble aims or ignoble pleasures.”

Life Made Life Is Pleasure Poor Rich Aim Possession Noble Subservient Ignoble

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

“How like a railway tunnel is the poor man's life, with the light of childhood at one end, the intermediate gloom, and only the glimmer of a future life at the other extremity!”

Men Ends Light Poor Poverty Childhood Tunnels Gloom Poor Man Railway Future Life Extremity

Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

“Qualities not regulated run into their opposites. Economy before competence is meanness after it. Therefore economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.”

May Running Poor Quality Economy Rich Opposites Competence Meanness

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“God, we are told, looked upon the world after he had created it and pronounced it good; but ascetic pietists, in their wisdom, cast their eyes over it, and substantially pronounce it a dead failure, a miserable production, a poor concern.”

World Eye Poor Concern Casts Productions Miserable Over It

Author:Christian Nestell Bovee

“We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime”

World Should Poor Poverty Crime Treats Esteem Misfortunes Hunger And Poverty

Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought

“In one important respect a man is fortunate in being poor. His responsibility to God is so much the less”

Men Important Poor Responsibility Poverty Dignity Fortunate

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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