Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform has no gratitude, no prudence, no husbandry.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

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...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

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...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

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.

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

I know we could both go on with our lives and we could both be...

I know we could both go on with our lives and we could both be...

As soon as I promised myself that I wouldn't fall for you again, I fell

As soon as I promised myself that I wouldn't fall for you again, I fell