Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes


It is indeed a misfortune for a woman to be without beauty, as with men the eye is the chief arbiter of qualities in the sex. Her beauty is her capital--her worth in the market matrimonial depends upon it. With her the Virtues are less reverenced when unaccompanied by the Graces. The sex understand this very well; and hence they seek mainly to make captive the eye, knowing the mind and heart will follow as a matter of course.


Citations

Bovee, Christian Nestell. Thoughts, Feelings, and Fancies. Wiley & Halsted, 1857, p. 55.

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This absurd statement was actually believed by many colonial Americans—male and female--as Addison’s Spectator was a very popular publication in Colonial America. The claim that women who are interested in political affairs and discusses them will rapidly lose her beauty had no basis in fact. None the less, the quotation was sufficient to intimidate many colonial women from discussing politics with her family or friends.


Christian Nestell Bovee
Christian Nestell Bovee
  • Born: February 22, 1820
  • Died: January 18, 1904
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

Christian Nestell Bovee was an epigrammatic New York City writer.