The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to...

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

We change, whether we like it or not

We change, whether we like it or not

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

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.

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

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

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.

Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.

We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.