Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Genius Quotes

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream...

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream...

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat...

The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat...

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

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

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

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

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...

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

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...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...