Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

A nation never falls but by suicide

A nation never falls but by suicide

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

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.

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...