Men are respectable only as they respect

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical,...

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical,...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

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...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

You cannot see the mountain near

You cannot see the mountain near

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

A man in debt is so far a slave.

A man in debt is so far a slave.

Love and you shall be loved

Love and you shall be loved

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

I'd rather be dead than think about death.

And silence sounds no worse than cheers / After death has stopped the ears.

And silence sounds no worse than cheers / After death has stopped the ears.