Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common Sense.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Common Sense Quotes

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

To believe in luck - is skepticism

To believe in luck - is skepticism

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Never read any book that is not a year old

Never read any book that is not a year old

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.