Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

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...

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

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.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts...

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our...

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our...

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

Take what you can use and let the rest go by

That is the best - to laugh with someone because you both think the same...

That is the best - to laugh with someone because you both think the same...

Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks...

Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks...