Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
For everything you have missed you have gained something.
People only see what they are prepared to see.
People only see what they are prepared to see.
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for
literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for
literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Only so much do I know, as I have lived.
Only so much do I know, as I have lived.
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
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.
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to read more
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.
For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.
