Culture, with us, ends in headache

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

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.

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

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...

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

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...

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...