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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Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

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 we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

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

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

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

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

Wit without employment is a disease

Wit without employment is a disease

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of...

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of...