Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Heroism Quotes

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

The first wealth is health.

The first wealth is health.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it

Sprinkle joy.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that...

Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that...

Society is founded upon cloth.

Society is founded upon cloth.