Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in...

Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in...

Men are what their mothers made them

Men are what their mothers made them

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

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

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

Do the thing and you will be given the power

Do the thing and you will be given the power

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Even miracles take a little time

Even miracles take a little time

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.

How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.

It is not that Im so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.

It is not that Im so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.