An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth, He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it...

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is a triumph of...

Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is a triumph of...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us,...

Middle Age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us,...

Even when adults do feel their safety to be threatened, we may not be able...

Even when adults do feel their safety to be threatened, we may not be able...

The fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

The fashion wears out more apparel than the man.