Every wall is a door.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

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...

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

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

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

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities,...

Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities,...

Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord...

Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord...