Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Genius Quotes

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

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...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

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.

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...

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

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...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

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.

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

The best things in life are never rationed. Friendship, loyalty, love do not require coupons.

The best things in life are never rationed. Friendship, loyalty, love do not require coupons.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch...

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch...

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...

When two people are really happy about one another, one can generally assume that they...