A nation never falls but by suicide

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Society Quotes

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

All glory comes from daring to begin.

All glory comes from daring to begin.