Revolutions go not backward.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in...

Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in...

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

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...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

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

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well...

Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well...