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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A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air¦

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

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.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph...

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph...

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

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...

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man

God enters by a private door into every individual.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

The most perfect way of seeking God, and the most suitable order, is not for...

The most perfect way of seeking God, and the most suitable order, is not for...