The years teach much which the days never knew.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ageing Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

Sprinkle joy.

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

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

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

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.