Ralph Waldo Emerson

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.

Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.