If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population. When it reaches its true law of action, every man that is born will be hailed as essential.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it...

An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth, He who has a...

An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth, He who has a...

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

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

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

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...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

Every time you see a beautiful woman, just remember, somebody got tired of her

Every time you see a beautiful woman, just remember, somebody got tired of her

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

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 reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Humor is healing.

Humor is healing.

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a...

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a...