Necessity does everything well.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

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...

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have...

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...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Knowledge exists to be imparted

Knowledge exists to be imparted

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well...

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well...

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

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...

There is properly no history; only biography

There is properly no history; only biography

Biography is one of the new terrors of death.

Biography is one of the new terrors of death.

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read