Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes
The first step toward greatness is to be honest, says the proverb; but the proverb fails to state the case strong enough. Honesty is not only "the first step toward greatness," - it is greatness itself.
Citations
Bovee, Christian Nestell. Intuitions and Summaries of Thought. Vol. 1, Ticknor and Fields, 1862, p. 235.
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Christian Nestell Bovee was an epigrammatic New York City writer.