Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

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...

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

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...

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With...

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With...

There are two things in this life for which we are never fully prepared and...

There are two things in this life for which we are never fully prepared and...