Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Genius Quotes

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the...

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...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination

The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but...

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but...

You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically...

You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically...