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 are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

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...

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.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual...

Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly,...

Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly,...

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

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

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

I would have the studies elective. Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but...

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...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer,...

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

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.

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and...

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their...

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their...

If a man has done his best, what else is there?

If a man has done his best, what else is there?

If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as...

If we're going to win the pennant, we've got to start thinking we're not as...