Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

The power, which resides in man, is new in nature, and none but he knows...

The power, which resides in man, is new in nature, and none but he knows...

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

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...

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

Blame is safer than praise

Blame is safer than praise

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

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,...

I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry...

I feel cheated never being able to know what it's like to get pregnant, carry...

Some people treat relationships as a video game...they play them and when they get bored...

Some people treat relationships as a video game...they play them and when they get bored...