Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes about Age

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Age, that acquaints us with infirmities in ourselves, should make us tender in our reprehension of weakness elsewhere.

Age, that acquaints us with infirmities in ourselves, should make us tender in our reprehension of weakness elsewhere.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Age, Weakness, Should

Youth is the season of receptivity, and should be devoted to acquirement; and manhood of power--that demands an earnest application. Old age is for revision.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Age, Demand, Revision

Christian Nestell Bovee (1871). “Summaries of Thought”

The greatest events of an age are its best thoughts. Thought finds its way into action.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Ideas, Age, Events

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.

Christian Nestell Bovee

Happiness, Insecure, Age

Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.84

Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes about Age

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