A nation never falls but by suicide

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

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.

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

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...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Fear always springs from ignorance

Fear always springs from ignorance

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

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

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.