Never read any book that is not a year old

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining...

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

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...

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Love and you shall be loved

Love and you shall be loved

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so...

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied... whenever feeling has...

For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied... whenever feeling has...

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered...

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered...