Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.
We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.
Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.
Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.
It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than read more
It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature.
Whatever limits us, we call Fate
Whatever limits us, we call Fate
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything read more
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him.
An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in read more
An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy.
Everything runs to excess; every good quality is noxious if unmixed.
Everything runs to excess; every good quality is noxious if unmixed.
