Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
If we encountered a man or rare intellect, we should ask him what
books he read.
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If we encountered a man or rare intellect, we should ask him what
books he read.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; read more
The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.
Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of sympathetic life.
Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of sympathetic life.
Not from a vain or shallow thought
His awful Jove young Phidias brought.
Not from a vain or shallow thought
His awful Jove young Phidias brought.
If you shoot at a king you must kill him.
If you shoot at a king you must kill him.
