What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

A little integrity is better than any career

A little integrity is better than any career

Men are what their mothers made them

Men are what their mothers made them

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love and you shall be loved

Love and you shall be loved

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

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...

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...

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

The best part of health is fine disposition

The best part of health is fine disposition

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.