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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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.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

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...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

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.

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

The price of justice is eternal publicity

The price of justice is eternal publicity

What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it.

What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it.