Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

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

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

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.

It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for...

It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for...

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

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.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

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...

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.