To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...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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To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

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.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Love is one of those jokes you have to be there to get.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

That man is idle who can do something better

That man is idle who can do something better

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly...

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

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...

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not...

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old Age shall not...