John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Ralph Waldo Emerson. (1803–1882) (continued) |
| 6303 |
| The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do. |
| The Conduct of Life. Wealth. |
| 6304 |
| The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts, is a power behind the eye. |
| The Conduct of Life. Behaviour. |
| 6305 |
| Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others. |
| The Conduct of Life. Behaviour. |
| 6306 |
| Good is a good doctor, but Bad is sometimes a better. |
| Considerations by the Way. |
| 6307 |
| God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth. |
| Society and Solitude. |
| 6308 |
| Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it. |
| Society and Solitude. Art. |
| 6309 |
| Hitch your wagon to a star. |
| Civilization. |
| 6310 |
| I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue. |
| Books. |
| 6311 |
| Never read any book that is not a year old. |
| Books. |
| 6312 |
| We do not count a man’s years until he has nothing else to count. |
| Old Age. |
| 6313 |
| Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy. |
| Letters and Social Aims. Social Aims. |
| 6314 |
| By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. |
| Quotation and Originality. |
| 6315 |
| Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. |
| Circles. |
| 6316 |
| The virtues of society are the vices of the saints. |
| Circles. |
| 6317 |
| The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool. |
| Experience. |