Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
God enters by a private door into every individual.
God enters by a private door into every individual.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.
Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.
It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.
