Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct read more
As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find his road, so must we do with the divine animal who carries us through this world
Daughter of heaven and earth, coy Spring,
With sudden passion languishing,
Teaching barren moors to smile,
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Daughter of heaven and earth, coy Spring,
With sudden passion languishing,
Teaching barren moors to smile,
Painting pictures mile on mile,
Holds a cup of cowslip wreaths
Whence a smokeless incense breathes.
Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.
Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
How much of human life is lost in waiting.
How much of human life is lost in waiting.
Glittering generalities! They are blazing ubiquities.
Glittering generalities! They are blazing ubiquities.
There is no true orator who is not a hero.
There is no true orator who is not a hero.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
