Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

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.

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

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...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

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...

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.

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.

No brain is stronger than its weakest think.

No brain is stronger than its weakest think.

There are some days I practice positive thinking, and other days I'm not positive I...

There are some days I practice positive thinking, and other days I'm not positive I...