The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's...

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph...

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph...

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...