Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
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,
Friendship demands the ability to do without it.
Friendship demands the ability to do without it.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Fear always springs from ignorance.
Fear always springs from ignorance.
I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech,
the sea which receives tributaries from every region read more
I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech,
the sea which receives tributaries from every region under
heaven. I should as soon think of swimming across the Charles
river when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in
originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue.
Money often costs too much.
Money often costs too much.
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable read more
Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable variations.
Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse- power of the understanding.
Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse- power of the understanding.
All diseases run into one, old age.
All diseases run into one, old age.
