Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

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

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

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Fear always springs from ignorance

Fear always springs from ignorance

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down;...

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities

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

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

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

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...

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.