Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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All promise outruns performance.

All promise outruns performance.

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Necessity does everything well.

Necessity does everything well.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

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...

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.

In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.

Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all...

Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all...