Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to read more
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone quarries; read more
Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
