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Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much read more

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much bread.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Quantity Quotes,
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There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.

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God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Truth Quotes,
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The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast read more

The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Virtue Quotes,
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

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