Every burned book enlightens the world.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

The best part of health is fine disposition

The best part of health is fine disposition

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

Speak less. Say more. whaywardj

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,...

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...

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

A little integrity is better than any career

A little integrity is better than any career

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

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.

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see...

Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see...

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think,...

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think,...