So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect, that the path of each man's genius contracts itself to a very few hours.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to...

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

Concentration is the secret of strengths in politics, in war, in trade, in short in...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who...

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Man is truly great when he can act from his passions

Man is truly great when he can act from his passions

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you