There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight...

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of...

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

Love is like wildflowers; It's often found in the most unlikely places.

Love is like wildflowers; It's often found in the most unlikely places.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

It is not length of life, but depth of life.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes...

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.