Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.

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

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

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

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...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

There is always safety in valor.

There is always safety in valor.

Never read any book that is not a year old

Never read any book that is not a year old

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...

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...