Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

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...

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

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...

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...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...

The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these...

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

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.

I always have a quotation for everything -- it saves original thinking.

I always have a quotation for everything -- it saves original thinking.

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some...

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some...