A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous, fortunate, and generous life, is that between forty and sixty.
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| Birth: | 22nd February, 1820 |
| Death: | 1904 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Writer |
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Christian Nestell Bovee was born in New York City. He was an American writer. He wrote two books that were widely quoted in contemporaneous compilations, these being Intuitions and Summaries of Thought and Thoughts, Feelings and Fancies.
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