Ralph Waldo Emerson

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

Blame is safer than praise.

Blame is safer than praise.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

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.

Nature... She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay.

Nature... She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay.