Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Reading Quotes

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

All life is an experiment.

All life is an experiment.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests,...

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

Nature hates calculators.

Nature hates calculators.

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time...

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...

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge...

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

God cheats men into living on by hiding how blest it is to die

God cheats men into living on by hiding how blest it is to die

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim...

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.