Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.
Culture, with us, ends in headache.
Culture, with us, ends in headache.
The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts,
is a power behind the eye.
The alleged power to charm down insanity, or ferocity in beasts,
is a power behind the eye.
People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with bad.
People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with bad.
If you shoot at a king you must kill him.
If you shoot at a king you must kill him.
Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.
Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.
I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.
Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.
Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.
