Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors.
Nature encourages no looseness, pardons no errors.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Nature... She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay.
Nature... She pardons no mistakes. Her yea is yea, and her nay, nay.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule.
A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self control is the rule.
No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself read more
No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby-so helpless and so ridiculous.
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
