Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether read more
The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.
There is always safety in valor.
There is always safety in valor.
Out from the heart of nature rolled
The burdens of the Bible old.
Out from the heart of nature rolled
The burdens of the Bible old.
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,
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of read more
We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.
There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all read more
There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
In America the geography is sublime, but the men are not; the inventions are excellent, but the inventors one is read more
In America the geography is sublime, but the men are not; the inventions are excellent, but the inventors one is sometimes ashamed of.
