Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.
Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.
Burly, dozing humblebee,
Where thou art is clime for me.
Let them sail for Porto Rique,
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Burly, dozing humblebee,
Where thou art is clime for me.
Let them sail for Porto Rique,
Far-off heats through seas to seek.
I will follow thee alone,
Thou animated torrid-zone!
Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.
Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.
Only so much do I know, as I have lived.
Only so much do I know, as I have lived.
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.
God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.
One thing is forever good;
That one thing is Success.
One thing is forever good;
That one thing is Success.
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.
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.
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
The only reward of virtue is virtue.
The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the read more
The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country ;turns out.
