Every artist was first an amateur.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Society is a hospital of incurables.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination

The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination

Men are what their mothers made them

Men are what their mothers made them

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

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...

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision....

People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision....

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...