All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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To believe in luck - is skepticism

To believe in luck - is skepticism

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

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

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

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical,...

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical,...

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

Every person takes the limits of their own field of vision for the limits of...

Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the...

Rebellion against your handicaps gets you nowhere. Self-pity gets you nowhere. One must have the...