If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is always safety in valor.

There is always safety in valor.

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...

Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is a triumph of...

Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is a triumph of...

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

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.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Society is a hospital of incurables.

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

What is now proved was once imagined.

What is now proved was once imagined.

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten...

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten...