Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

Courage you have, and the knowledge that we are all pilgrims together, wending through unknown...

Courage you have, and the knowledge that we are all pilgrims together, wending through unknown...

I have suffered much from waves and wars, and now let this trial join the...

I have suffered much from waves and wars, and now let this trial join the...

Truth fears no question.

Truth fears no question.