Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

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

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

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

Our best thoughts come from others.

Our best thoughts come from others.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as the...

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as the...

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

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...

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.