Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is properly no history; only biography
There is properly no history; only biography
Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation.
Why? Because I fly hither and thither, read more
Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation.
Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of
me.
[Lat., Nemo me lacrymis decoret, nec funera fletu.
Faxit cur? Volito vivu' per ora virum.]
People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; read more
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
