Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
From the feet, Hercules.
[Lat., Ex pede Herculem.]
From the feet, Hercules.
[Lat., Ex pede Herculem.]
If you had taken off the shoe then, at length you would feel in
what part it pinched you.
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If you had taken off the shoe then, at length you would feel in
what part it pinched you.
[Lat., Si calceum induisses, tum demum sentires qua parte te
urgeret.]
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large
enough to cover.
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large
enough to cover.
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the read more
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.
Every day brings a ship,
Every ship brings a word;
Well for those who have no fear,
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Every day brings a ship,
Every ship brings a word;
Well for those who have no fear,
Looking seaward well assured
That the word the vessel brings
Is the word they wish to hear.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
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.
Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less read more
Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in a better order, in timeliness, in being at the right spot.
We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.
We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
