Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
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.
Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity
and you need not give alms.
Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity
and you need not give alms.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue
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.
Nor knowest thou what argument
Thy like to thy neighbor's creed has lent,
All are needed by read more
Nor knowest thou what argument
Thy like to thy neighbor's creed has lent,
All are needed by each one;
Nothing is fair or good alone.
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.
Fame is proof that people are gullible.
Fame is proof that people are gullible.
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 man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.
