Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

The first wealth is health.

The first wealth is health.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

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.

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

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.