Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

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.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

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...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.