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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

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...

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.

True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.