A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains largely in our esteem if we discover that he has some intellectual taste or skill

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

To believe in luck - is skepticism

To believe in luck - is skepticism

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

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

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Knowledge exists to be imparted

Knowledge exists to be imparted

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...