Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book than be warped by its attraction clean out of my own…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Blame is safer than praise

Blame is safer than praise

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

If everything else fails, read the instructions

If everything else fails, read the instructions

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

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...

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact...

It is the mark of the cultured man that he is aware of the fact...

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.