Necessity does everything well.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

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

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

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

That man is idle who can do something better

That man is idle who can do something better

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot

Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in...

Marrying a man is like buying something you've been admiring for a long time in...