Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

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...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

Beauty without expression is boring.

Beauty without expression is boring.

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

Difference of opinion is the one crime which kings never forgive

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.