Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
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.
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.
So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains.
So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains.
These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there read more
These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.
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.
The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.
The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.
Men are respectable only as they respect
Men are respectable only as they respect
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
The passages of Shakespeare that we most prize were never quoted
until within this century.
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The passages of Shakespeare that we most prize were never quoted
until within this century.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
