Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Born for success, he seemed
With grace to win, with heart to hold,
With shining gifts that read more
Born for success, he seemed
With grace to win, with heart to hold,
With shining gifts that took all eyes.
The finest poetry was first experience.
The finest poetry was first experience.
For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
Only so much do I know, as I have lived.
Only so much do I know, as I have lived.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.
Olympian bards who sung
Divine ideas below,
Which always find us young
And always read more
Olympian bards who sung
Divine ideas below,
Which always find us young
And always keep us so.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation read more
There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide.
