Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers read more
Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers who mistake the description for the thing, saying for having.
For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?
For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?
Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit,
and not give the bread of read more
Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit,
and not give the bread of life.
Men are what their mothers made them
Men are what their mothers made them
The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides.
The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides.