The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Charity Quotes

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every...

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

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

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

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

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...

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

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

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

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...

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...

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.