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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

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...

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

Do not waste yourself in rejection; do not bark against the bad, but chant the...

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

Even miracles take a little time

Even miracles take a little time

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven

The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven

Time brings all things to pass.

Time brings all things to pass.