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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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...

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

The man who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight...

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Our best thoughts come from others.

Our best thoughts come from others.

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.

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

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

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

Art is the path of the creator to his work

Art is the path of the creator to his work

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.

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...

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks.

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in...

The only words that ever satisfied me as describing Nature are the terms used in...