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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Every time you see a beautiful woman, just remember, somebody got tired of her

Every time you see a beautiful woman, just remember, somebody got tired of her

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on...

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

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...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel...

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

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

I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it...

I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it...