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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Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Fame is proof that people are gullible

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom...

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

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

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

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

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...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...