Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Example Quotes, Society Quotes

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

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...

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...

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

A good intention clothes itself with power

A good intention clothes itself with power

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison...