A man in debt is so far a slave.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The less government we have the better.

The less government we have the better.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

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...

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.