There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for we get rid of cant and hypocrisy.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock, should find the time in my...

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

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

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

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...

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

Every burned book enlightens the world.

Every burned book enlightens the world.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Thou art to me a delicious torment.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy,...

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy,...

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following...

YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following...

And therefore education at the University mostly worked by the age-old method of putting a...

And therefore education at the University mostly worked by the age-old method of putting a...

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for...

Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for...