Language is fossil poetry

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.