Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

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.

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.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

There is properly no history; only biography

There is properly no history; only biography

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...