A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

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

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

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection...

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection...

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Do not let your shadow walk you. You are not a slave of the past.

Do not let your shadow walk you. You are not a slave of the past.

There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday.

There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles,...

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles,...