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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Genius Quotes

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

All promise outruns performance.

All promise outruns performance.

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Fear always springs from ignorance

Fear always springs from ignorance

Give all to love; obey thy heart

Give all to love; obey thy heart

A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.

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...

Every artist was first an amateur.

Every artist was first an amateur.

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

The history of art is the history of revivals

The history of art is the history of revivals