We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Proverbs, like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

The best part of health is fine disposition

The best part of health is fine disposition

Love and you shall be loved.

Love and you shall be loved.

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views...

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

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.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

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

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

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

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

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

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

Don't worry. God is never blind to your tears, never deaf to your prayers and...

Don't worry. God is never blind to your tears, never deaf to your prayers and...

'Tis mad idolatry to make the service greater than the god.

'Tis mad idolatry to make the service greater than the god.