Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
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
Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of hidden stuff.
Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of hidden stuff.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Come, see the north-wind's masonry,
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
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Come, see the north-wind's masonry,
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
Curves his white bastions with projected roof
Round every windward stake, or tree, or door.
Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work
So fanciful, so savage, naught cares he
For number or proportion.
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
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Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,
And veils the farmhouse at the garden's end.
The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet
Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed
In a tumultuous privacy of storm.
The house is a castle which the King cannot enter.
The house is a castle which the King cannot enter.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.
For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The only way to have a friend is to be one. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere
Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere
