The less government we have the better.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

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.

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

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.

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

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...

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

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...

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

Words mean nothing. Action is the only thing. Doing. That's the only thing.

Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results

Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results

I do not think that the wireless waves I have discovered will have any practical...

I do not think that the wireless waves I have discovered will have any practical...