Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

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...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

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

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

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...

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who...

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

Friends Are Treasures

Friends Are Treasures