Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone
All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone
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.
The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, read more
The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, and the pageant marches at all hours, with music and banner and badge.
There is no true orator who is not a hero.
There is no true orator who is not a hero.
The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation read more
The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.
Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities
Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
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.
Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much read more
Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much bread.
