Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform has no gratitude, no prudence, no husbandry.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

America is another name for opportunity

America is another name for opportunity

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

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

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man

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...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.