Quote #32729
One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.
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If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him...
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Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of...
Quote #13497
Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day...
Quote #3793
Heaven goes by favour. If it went by merit, you would stay out and...
Quote #31124
Part of the power of Emerson’s individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that...
Quote #3874
Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and...
Quote #19340
Nothing you can’t spell will ever work.
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It doesn’t require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate...
Quote #33973
To be pleased with one’s limits is a wretched state.