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Ralph Waldo Emerson
I suffer whenever...
I suffer whenever I see that common sight of a parent or senior imposing his opinion and way of thinking and being on...
I like the...
I like the silent church before the service begins better than any preaching.
God offers to...
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have...
Finish each day...
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in,...
Great geniuses have...
Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.
Source: Representative Men, Plato;...
If a man...
If a man owns land, the land owns him.
Source: The Conduct of Life, Wealth,...
If a man...
If a man carefully examines his thoughts he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being...
Good writing is...
Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go.
For every benefit...
For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...
Gross and obscure...
Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to...
If government knew...
If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of...
If a man...
If a man sits down to think, he is immediately asked if has a headache.
Source: In...
Harmony of aim,...
Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of a sympathetic life.
Friendship demands the...
Friendship demands the ability to do without it.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
Half a man's...
Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...
If the stars...
If the stars should appear just one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and...
If a man...
If a man will kick a fact out of the window, when he comes back he finds it again in the chimney...
He presents me...
He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He...
Good manners are...
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
Happiness is a...
Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.