Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you shoot at a king you must kill him.
If you shoot at a king you must kill him.
The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast read more
The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Culture is one thing and varnish is another.
Culture is one thing and varnish is another.
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.
