...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, --else it is none.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Goodness Quotes, Love Quotes, Truth Quotes

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

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

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

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Books are for nothing but to inspire

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.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of...

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have...

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have...

Vengeance has no foresight

Vengeance has no foresight