All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

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.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

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...

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

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.

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

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.

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified...

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified...

Columbus's eggs lie around by the hundreds of thousands, but Columbuses are met with less...

Columbus's eggs lie around by the hundreds of thousands, but Columbuses are met with less...

Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea...

Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea...