Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
If a man owns land, the land owns him.
If a man owns land, the land owns him.
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to read more
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. read more
Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion.
In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or
say of the Laocoon how it might read more
In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or
say of the Laocoon how it might be made difference? A
masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of
being, as much as a plant or a crystal.
Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse- power of the understanding.
Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse- power of the understanding.