The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

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.

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since...

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since...

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

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

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

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

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

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

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.