Culture, with us, ends in headache

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

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

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

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

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 hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

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

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

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

Knowledge without education is but armed injustice.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.