The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

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...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

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.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

Anger is only one letter short of danger

Anger is only one letter short of danger

The danger of parachuting young enthusiastic scientists into a flower bed of selected data and...

The danger of parachuting young enthusiastic scientists into a flower bed of selected data and...