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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

A man is a God in ruins

A man is a God in ruins

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially...

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially...