There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

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.

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Do your work, but do your thing.

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages...

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages...

Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.

Books cannot always please, however good; Minds are not ever craving for their food.