Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Heroism Quotes

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

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...

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death

Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood...

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood...