Christian Nestell Bovee Quotes


We cannot reason ourselves into love, nor can we reason ourselves out of it, which suggests that love and reason have little to do with each other.


Citations

Bovee, Christian Nestell. Intuitions and Summaries of Thought. Ticknor and Fields, 1862.

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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.