As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.
Interpretation
As we age, our inner beauty and character become more significant than our physical appearance.
Ralph Waldo Emerson's quote expresses the idea that with age, the focus shifts from external beauty to internal qualities such as wisdom, kindness, and character. It suggests that true beauty is found within and that as we mature, our experiences and the depth of our personality become what defines us, rather than our outward appearance that may fade over time.
In practice
You might use this quote during a speech at a retirement party to emphasize the value of life experiences.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
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Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs.
If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government.
Needing to talk badly about others indicates low self esteem. That means, 'I feel so low that instead of picking myself up, I have to cut others down.' Letting go of negative things quickly is healthy.
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Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer.
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