Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's perdition to be safe When for the truth he ought to die

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

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

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

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

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

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

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

Knowledge exists to be imparted

Knowledge exists to be imparted

The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination

The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Love is friendship set to music.

Love is friendship set to music.

Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.

Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.

I need the heart of a brave man, the soul of a wise man, the...

I need the heart of a brave man, the soul of a wise man, the...