Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
From the feet, Hercules.
[Lat., Ex pede Herculem.]
From the feet, Hercules.
[Lat., Ex pede Herculem.]
Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.
Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.
The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.
The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when read more
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be common, nor the common heroic.
Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
