Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

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

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

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

Knowledge exists to be imparted

Knowledge exists to be imparted

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these...

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these...

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

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

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

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.