Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

All promise outruns performance.

All promise outruns performance.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

I wake up in the morning and one thing that I worry about is maybe...

I wake up in the morning and one thing that I worry about is maybe...

If you wouldn't make her a wife, don't make her a mother.

If you wouldn't make her a wife, don't make her a mother.