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
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.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
From the feet, Hercules.
[Lat., Ex pede Herculem.]
From the feet, Hercules.
[Lat., Ex pede Herculem.]
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless!
When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless!
If we encountered a man or rare intellect, we should ask him what
books he read.
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If we encountered a man or rare intellect, we should ask him what
books he read.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
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.
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.
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.
