The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Imagination Quotes

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

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

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

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.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

When you strike at a king, you must kill him

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

With true friends... even water drunk together is sweet enough.

With true friends... even water drunk together is sweet enough.