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 all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

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

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

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

All promise outruns performance.

All promise outruns performance.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave, or they...

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

I like the silence of a church, before the service begins better than any preaching.

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

The greatest homage we can pay to truth is to use it.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.