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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Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

We are wiser than we know.

We are wiser than we know.

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

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

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

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

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

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

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

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

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