Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
The true poem is the poet's mind.
The true poem is the poet's mind.
His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it
to hold the memory read more
His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it
to hold the memory of a wrong.
The word unto the prophet spoken
Was writ on tablets yet unbroken:
The word by seers or read more
The word unto the prophet spoken
Was writ on tablets yet unbroken:
The word by seers or sibyls told,
In groves of oak or fanes of gold,
Still floats upon the morning wind,
Still whispers to the willing mind.
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue