Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
An empire is an immense egotism.
An empire is an immense egotism.
The April winds are magical,
And thrill our tuneful frames;
The garden-walks are passional
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The April winds are magical,
And thrill our tuneful frames;
The garden-walks are passional
To bachelors and dames.
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast.
Obedience alone gives the right to command
Obedience alone gives the right to command
To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have read more
To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and heart of the child.
Sanity is very rare: every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness.
Sanity is very rare: every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness.
When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think
they're going?
When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think
they're going?
There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made read more
There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass.
For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and read more
For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and Time the warder,
The sun obeys them, and the moon.
