...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

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

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...

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

There is a certain satisfaction in coming down to the lowest ground of politics, for...

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

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...

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

Every man is a channel through which heaven floweth

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best...

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Pretty is something you're born with. But beautiful, that's an equal opportunity adjective.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.