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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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.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

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.

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

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

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

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...