Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially...

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since...

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since...

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Whatever limits us, we call Fate

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

No facts to me are sacred; none are profane.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them...

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.