How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It is next worst to receiving one

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

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...

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

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...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Imagination gallops; judgment merely walks

Imagination gallops; judgment merely walks

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others...

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others...

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at...

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at...