"With most men, scarce a link of..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
With most men, scarce a link of memory holds yesterday and to-day together.
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“The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.”
“In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.”
“Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.”
More on Memory
“I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.”
“People are not remembered by how few times they fail, but by how often they succeed. Every wrong step is another step forward”
“It is most unusual to return to a place that has changed in ways you yourself have altered.”
More on Time
“I love the time I spend with you. You make my living worth-while. Why dint I meet you before. I wish I could start my life From the beginning with you because the time I spend with you is never enough. I need you more everyday.”
“Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries.”
“What's to come is still unsure: In delay there lies no plenty; Then come kiss me, sweet and twenty, Youth's a stuff will not endure.”