Every man is wanted, and no man is wanted much.
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What terrible questions we are learning to ask The former men believed in magic, by which temples, cities, and men were swallowed up, and all trace of them gone. We are coming on the secret of a magic which sweeps out of men's minds all vestige of theism and beliefs which they and their fathers held and were framed upon.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is too short to waste ... Twill soon be dark Up mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function
Ralph Waldo Emerson
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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Books are the best things, well used Abused, among the worst.
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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