Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

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...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

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...

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

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.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.