The wheel is always in motion, and the spoke which is uppermost will soon be under; therefore mix trembling with all your joy. Philip Henry.
The whole art of war consists in getting at 5 what is on the other side of the hill, or, in other words, in learning what we do not know from what we do. Duke of Wellington.
The whole course of things goes to teach us faith. Emerson.
The whole difference between a man of genius and other men ... is that the former remains in great part a child, seeing with the large eyes of children, in perpetual wonder, not conscious of much knowledge—conscious rather of infinite ignorance, and yet infinite power. Ruskin.
The whole economy of nature is bent on expression. Emerson.
The whole interest of history lies in the fortunes of the poor. Emerson.
The whole function of the artist in the world is 10 to be a seeing and a feeling creature; to be an instrument of such tenderness and sensitiveness that no shadow, no hue, no line, no instantaneous and evanescent expression of the visible things around him, nor any of the emotions which they are capable of conveying to the spirit which has been given him, shall either be left unrecorded, or fade from the book of record. Ruskin.
The whole man to one thing at a time. Pr.
The whole of chivalry and of heraldry is in courtesy. Emerson.
The whole past is the possession of the present. Carlyle.