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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What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

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.

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their...

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

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,...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with...

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance,...

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be...

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an...

The happy think a lifetime short, but to the unhappy one night can be an...

Time is the rider that breaks youth.

Time is the rider that breaks youth.