The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

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

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

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

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

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

Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind...

Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it...

Genius is independent of situation.

Genius is independent of situation.