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

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

Revolutions go not backward.

Revolutions go not backward.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

Self-trust is the essence of heroism

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

When you become senile, you won't know it.

When you become senile, you won't know it.

But probably every age gets, within certain limits, the science it deserves.

But probably every age gets, within certain limits, the science it deserves.