Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
I can find my biography in every fable that I read.
I can find my biography in every fable that I read.
Peace has its victories, but it takes a brave man to win them.
Peace has its victories, but it takes a brave man to win them.
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.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
