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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

Blame is safer than praise

Blame is safer than praise

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

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...

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.

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

To be simple is to be great

To be simple is to be great

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

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...

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...