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It is a greater joy to see the author's author, than himself.
We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.
Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
As a man thinketh, so is he, and as a man chooseth, so is he.
Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.
Let a man then know his worth and keep things under his feet.
See only that thou work and thou canst not escape the reward.
The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
The whole value of the dime is in knowing what to do with it.
Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
The masses have no habit of self-reliance or original action.
All is a riddle, and the key to a riddle...is another riddle.
If you would rule the world quietly, you must keep it amused.
The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.
Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will.
Speech is better than silence; silence is better than speech.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.
Every ship that comes to America got its chart from Columbus.
There is no man of Nature's worth In the circle of the earth.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
Every word was once a poem. Every new relation is a new word.
There is an intimate interdependence of intellect and morals.
It seems to be a rule of wisdom never to rely on memory alone.
The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.
I always seem to suffer some loss of faith on entering cities.
In America and Europe, the nomadism is of trade and curiosity.
The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more.
If you take in a lie, you must take in all that belongs to it.
The secret of success in education is respecting the students.
The world is so beautiful that I can hardly believe it exists.
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Genius, even, as it is the greatest good, is he greatest harm.
I am a willow of the wilderness, Loving the wind that bent me.
Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.
The hero sees that the event is ancillary: it must follow him.
Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit.
Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it
We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected.
Many times the reading of a book has made the future of a man.
Each man reserves to himself alone the right of being tedious.
The shoemaker makes a good shoe because he makes nothing else.
Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
Manners are very communicable: men catch them from each other.
The victories of character are instant, and victories for all.
Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life.
Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right.
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow
Things bring their own philosophy with them, that is, prudence.
You think me the child of circumstance; I make my circumstance.
Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character.