Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The word unto the prophet spoken
Was writ on tablets yet unbroken:
The word by seers or read more
The word unto the prophet spoken
Was writ on tablets yet unbroken:
The word by seers or sibyls told,
In groves of oak or fanes of gold,
Still floats upon the morning wind,
Still whispers to the willing mind.
Glittering generalities! They are blazing ubiquities.
Glittering generalities! They are blazing ubiquities.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.
Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
