One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. No man has learned anything rightly, until he…

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Doomsday Quotes, Life Quotes

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as the...

Love and you shall be loved. All love is mathematically just, as much as the...

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

The less government we have the better.

The less government we have the better.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

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...

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to...

The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to...

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages...