Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

A little integrity is better than any career

A little integrity is better than any career

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down...

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

Men are respectable only as they respect

Men are respectable only as they respect

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream...

Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream...

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek...

Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek...

I'm the kid who has this habit of dreaming. Sometimes gets me in trouble too....

I'm the kid who has this habit of dreaming. Sometimes gets me in trouble too....

When we love, we are courageous; and courage has nothing to do with being fearless,...

When we love, we are courageous; and courage has nothing to do with being fearless,...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...

The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of...