Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Never read any book that is not a year old

Never read any book that is not a year old

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

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...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore

Truth is beautiful within and without, forevermore

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

It's a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without...

No man's credit is as good as his money.

No man's credit is as good as his money.