Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
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.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.
Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
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.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
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.
