Ralph Waldo Emerson

The earth laughs in flowers.

The earth laughs in flowers.

Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers read more

Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists--talkers who mistake the description for the thing, saying for having.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.

We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments.

I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.

I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. -Ralph Waldo Emerson.