Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
The people are to be taken in very small doses.
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet read more
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.
There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.
There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.
Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,--
Can your lurking thought surprise,
And interpret your read more
Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,--
Can your lurking thought surprise,
And interpret your device,
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All things wait for and divine him,--
How shall I dare to malign him?
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
There is no knowledge that is not power
There is no knowledge that is not power
Difficulties exist to be surmounted
Difficulties exist to be surmounted
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; read more
It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
