It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Blessings Quotes

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

There is properly no history; only biography

There is properly no history; only biography

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

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

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

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

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

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism.

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism.