Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Heroism Quotes

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

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...

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

The best part of health is fine disposition

The best part of health is fine disposition

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider...

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in...

Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like...

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little;...

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little;...