Language is the archives of history

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Knowledge exists to be imparted

Knowledge exists to be imparted

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they...

There is properly no history; only biography

There is properly no history; only biography

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

All promise outruns performance.

All promise outruns performance.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not...

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

That man is idle who can do something better

That man is idle who can do something better

Every time you see a beautiful woman, just remember, somebody got tired of her

Every time you see a beautiful woman, just remember, somebody got tired of her

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.