Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Manners Quotes

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

We are wiser than we know.

We are wiser than we know.

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

Even miracles take a little time

Even miracles take a little time

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.