Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

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.

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Love, and you shall be loved

Love, and you shall be loved

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

The Soviet Union is an Evil Empire, and Soviet communism is the focus of evil...

The Soviet Union is an Evil Empire, and Soviet communism is the focus of evil...

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...