Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

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...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

How painful to give a gift to any person of sensibility, or of equality! It...

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

America is another name for opportunity

America is another name for opportunity

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

Never read any book that is not a year old

Never read any book that is not a year old

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.