Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
Pictures must not be too picturesque.
The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.
The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.
The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.
The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
