Congratulate yourselves if you have done something strange and extravagant and broken the monotony of a decorous age.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

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...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

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...

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

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

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

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.

A troublemaker plants seeds of strife; gossip separates the best of friends.

Friends are needed both for joy and for sorrow.

Friends are needed both for joy and for sorrow.

I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument...

I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument...