Ralph Waldo Emerson

Seeing only what is fair,
Sipping only what is sweet,
. . . .
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Seeing only what is fair,
Sipping only what is sweet,
. . . .
Leave the chaff, and take the wheat.

Not from a vain or shallow thought
His awful Jove young Phidias brought.

Not from a vain or shallow thought
His awful Jove young Phidias brought.

Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Everything runs to excess; every good quality is noxious if unmixed.

Everything runs to excess; every good quality is noxious if unmixed.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it read more

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.