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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Art is the path of the creator to his work

Art is the path of the creator to his work

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

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...

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...

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...

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

Nature hates calculators.

Nature hates calculators.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.