To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Love of beauty is Taste. The creation of beauty is Art.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

Necessity does everything well.

Necessity does everything well.

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

Skepticism is slow suicide

Skepticism is slow suicide

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or...

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife,...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world...

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

Does progress mean that we dissolve our ancient myths? If we forget our legends, I...

Does progress mean that we dissolve our ancient myths? If we forget our legends, I...

The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come.

The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come.