Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator

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.

Do what you are afraid to do

Do what you are afraid to do

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

The less government we have the better.

The less government we have the better.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

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

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Don't worry if you borrow, but worry if you lend.

Don't worry if you borrow, but worry if you lend.

Some people take more care to hide their wisdom, than their folly.

Some people take more care to hide their wisdom, than their folly.