Nature hates calculators.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both...

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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.

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire,...

A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire,...

A real man is one who can have fun with you, without being sexual.

A real man is one who can have fun with you, without being sexual.