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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I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

To be simple is to be great

To be simple is to be great

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

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...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

Art is the path of the creator to his work

Art is the path of the creator to his work

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

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

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

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

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.

The wisest of the wise may err.

The wisest of the wise may err.

Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their...

Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their...