“Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed.”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson 727
American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803–1882Related quotes
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past, — so good night!”
Letter to John Adams (1 August 1816)
1810s
“I am larger, better than I thought;
I did not know I held so much goodness.”
Source: Leaves of Grass
Source: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“It’s better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a tremendous cost.”
“A good name is better than riches.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 33.
“It is better to will the good than to know the truth.”
As quoted in The Renaissance : Essays in Interpretation (1982) by André Chastel , p 107
“What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.”
“Better a good journalist than a poor assassin.”
