The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
From Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.
Only as far as the masters of the world have called in nature to their aid, can they reach the height of magnificence. This is the meaning of their hanging-gardens, villas, garden-houses, islands, parks, and preserves.
I think we must get rid of slavery, or we must get rid of freedom.
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