Ralph Waldo Emerson

The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.

The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any read more

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts read more

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.