The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at...

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

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.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion...

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect,...

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

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

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

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics

The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.