black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Men, like musical instruments, seem made to be played upon.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Related Topics

Instrument Man Music Play

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

When all else is lost, the future still remains.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Future Lost Remain
A book should be luminous not voluminous.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Book Knowledge Value
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Genius Hands Observation Talent Writing
Give me the character and I will forecast the event.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Character Event Myself
Kindred weaknesses induce friendships as often as kindred virtues.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Friendship Virtue Weakness
Contentment is not happiness. An oyster may be contented. Happiness is compounded of richer elements.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Element Happiness Rich Satisfaction
Music is the fourth great material want, first food, then clothes, then shelter, then music.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Food Greatness Material Music
It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Argue Character Discover Errors Judgement Mistake
Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Existence Faith Independent Poetry Reason Rule
It is with a company as it is with a punch, everything depends upon the ingredients of which it in composed.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Company Compose Depend
Too much society makes a man frivolous; too little, a savage.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Man Savage Society
Without death in the world, existence in it would soon become, through over-population, the most frightful of curses.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Curse Death Existence Fear World
It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but the unseen that he muses upon.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Himself Invisible Muse Object See Worship
We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Bold Man Ourselves Past
The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Audacity Enterprise Planning
It is our relation to circumstances that determines their influence upon us.
CHRISTIAN NESTELL BOVEE

Circumstance Determination Influence Relationship

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes