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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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

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.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

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.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

To believe in luck - is skepticism

To believe in luck - is skepticism

God enters by a private door into every individual.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

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

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

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

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.

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 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.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products...

The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products...

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common sense rounded out and minutely articulated.

Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical...

Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with man's physical...