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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

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...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

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.

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 ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.

Do not tell a friend anything you would conceal from an enemy.

Love and friendship exclude each other.

Love and friendship exclude each other.

When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from...

When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from...

I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in...

I have a microwave fireplace in my house. The other night I laid down in...

Hell, madam, is to love no longer

Hell, madam, is to love no longer