Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the read more
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.
Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities
Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities
Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.
Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.
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.
The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast read more
The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what we have always esteemed such, into the same pit that has consumed our grosser vices.