Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for...

It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for...

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminated by position or nature,...

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

The best part of health is fine disposition

The best part of health is fine disposition

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods...

I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods...

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is...

Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is...