Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
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Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Every burned book enlightens the world.
Every burned book enlightens the world.
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
Echo waits with art and care
And will the faults of song repair.
Echo waits with art and care
And will the faults of song repair.
The studious class are their own victims; they are thin and pale,
their feet are cold, their heads are read more
The studious class are their own victims; they are thin and pale,
their feet are cold, their heads are hot, the night is without
sleep, the day a fear of interruption,--pallor, squalor, hunger,
and egotism. If you come near them and see what conceits they
entertain--they are abstractionists, and spend their days and
nights in dreaming some dream; in expecting the homage of society
to some precious scheme built on a truth, but destitute of
proportion in its presentment, of justness in its application,
and of all energy of will in the schemer to embody and vitalize
it.
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the
world, is the highest applause.
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the
world, is the highest applause.
Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to read more
Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.
So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man.
When Duty whispers low, read more
So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man.
When Duty whispers low, Thou must,
The youth replies, I can.
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
Valor consists in the power of self recovery.
Valor consists in the power of self recovery.
