A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph...

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph...

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

The best part of health is fine disposition

The best part of health is fine disposition

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...

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all,...

Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all,...

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock,...

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock,...

The time is fast approaching when to call a man a patriot will be the...

The time is fast approaching when to call a man a patriot will be the...