Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best...

Language is the archives of history

Language is the archives of history

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a...

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

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,...

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

A house without books is like room without windows.

A house without books is like room without windows.

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...