A failure establishes only this, that our determination to succeed was not strong enough.
Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
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.
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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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