Ralph Waldo Emerson

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

We do what we must, and call it by the best names.

We do what we must, and call it by the best names.

Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors.

Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors.

There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all read more

There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for
literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,

Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for
literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,