"A home kept to the end of..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
A home kept to the end of display is impossible to all but a few women, and their success is dearly bought.
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“Never mind the ridicule, never mind the defeat: up again, old heart!-it seems to say,-there is victory yet for all justice; and the true romance which the world exists to realize, will be the transformation of genius into practical power.”
“When at last in a race a new principle appears, an idea--that conserves it; ideas only save races.”
“Perception is a mirror not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward.”
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“What is more agreeable than one's home?”
“The moral of it is this: If you are of any account, stay at home and make your way by faithful diligence; but if you are 'no account,' go away from home, and then you will have to work, whether you want to or not. Thus you become a blessing to your friends by ceasing to be a nuisance to them-if the people you go among suffer by the operation.”
“Now Momma's done away with the old black kettle she used to cook in when I was just littleAnd the door ain't sprung on her electric rangeThat little old farm and home we had it ain't there no more and that's too badFolks are doing away with the simple things.”
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“It takes a revolution, to create a solution”
“Pick up any history book, and I suggest you begin with studying the 20th century, and you will find that a large part of the history of our species has all the characteristics we would normally associate with a nightmare or an insane hallucination.”
“There's no better policy in a society then pursuing a health and safety of its people.”