If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new stand side by side...when the glories of the old can be compensated by the rich…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Age Quotes

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Life is a train of moods like a string of beads; and as we pass...

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

Necessity does everything well.

Necessity does everything well.

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man

Imagination is not the talent of some men, but is the health of every man

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding.

Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Dont take yourself so seriously. Loosen...

Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Dont take yourself so seriously. Loosen...

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant....

Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant....