Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.
The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.
To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage
To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage
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.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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.
Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.
Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.
The education of the will is the object of our existence.
The education of the will is the object of our existence.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.
