Earth laughs in flowers.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of...

The prayer of the farmer kneeling in his field to weed it, the prayer of...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Fame is proof that people are gullible

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

None meet life honestly and few heroically.

None meet life honestly and few heroically.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name...

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name...