Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, - 'Tis man's perdition to be safe When for the truth he ought to die

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Love Quotes

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

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...

To believe in luck - is skepticism

To believe in luck - is skepticism

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck,...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood...

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

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.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

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.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

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.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to...

The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.

The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.