327 Quotes by Christian Nestell Bovee

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

Can that which is the greatest virtue in philosophy, doubt (called by Galileo the father of invention), be in religion what the priests term it, the greatest of sins?

Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.

Rejecting the miracles of Christ, we still have the miracle of Christ Himself.

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.

Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect.

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

It may almost be held that the hope of commercial gain has done nearly as much for the cause of truth as even the love of truth.