Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

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...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

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...

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...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

Religion is the highest vanity.

Religion is the highest vanity.

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer...

No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer...