In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

A little integrity is better than any career

A little integrity is better than any career

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

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...

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

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...

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you...

Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.