No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is always safety in valor.

There is always safety in valor.

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

I'm fulfilled in what I do... I never thought that a lot of money or...

I'm fulfilled in what I do... I never thought that a lot of money or...

Money can't buy friends but it can get you a better class of enemy

Money can't buy friends but it can get you a better class of enemy