There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate experiences, so medicinal, so stringent, so revolutionary, so authoritative.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all...

Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all...

In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.

In the evening of life, we will be judged on love alone.