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

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it...

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give...

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well...

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

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.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to...

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like...

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like...

Governments last only as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed

Governments last only as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed