A great man is always willing to be little.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

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...

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since...

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

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...

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful...

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful...

I had one of my good friends kicked out of college for domestic violence. He...

I had one of my good friends kicked out of college for domestic violence. He...