Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

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...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

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

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

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

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

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

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.

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

The true science and study of man is man.

The true science and study of man is man.

Are bombs the only way of setting fire to the spirit of a people? Is...

Are bombs the only way of setting fire to the spirit of a people? Is...