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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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,...

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

We are wiser than we know.

We are wiser than we know.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

To be simple is to be great

To be simple is to be great

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

He who comes up to his own idea of greatness must always have had a...

Great men are not always wise

Great men are not always wise