Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

...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...

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

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...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore

Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...