Necessity does everything well.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

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...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the...

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

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.

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

There are two reasons why people don't talk about something; Either it doesn't mean anything...

There are two reasons why people don't talk about something; Either it doesn't mean anything...

A properly kept silence is a beautiful thing; it is nothing less than the father...

A properly kept silence is a beautiful thing; it is nothing less than the father...

Keeping a woman to her word is like trying to hold an alligator by its...

Keeping a woman to her word is like trying to hold an alligator by its...