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Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

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I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community
can constitute a state. I think we read more

I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community
can constitute a state. I think we must get rid of slavery or we
must get rid of freedom.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Slavery Quotes,
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The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility
rests on possession and use of land.

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility
rests on possession and use of land.

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Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

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Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.

Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Eloquence Quotes,
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