It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

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...

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

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...

God enters by a private door into every individual.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

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.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

There is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.