Poverty, Frost, Famine, Rain, Disease, are the beadles and guardsmen that hold us to Common Sense.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Common Sense Quotes

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

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.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Nature hates calculators.

Nature hates calculators.

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too...

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

If everything else fails, read the instructions

If everything else fails, read the instructions

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or...

Beauty: the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake,...