Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
London is the epitome of our times, and the Rome of to-day.
London is the epitome of our times, and the Rome of to-day.
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty.
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty.
Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the read more
Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.
Burly, dozing humblebee,
Where thou art is clime for me.
Let them sail for Porto Rique,
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Burly, dozing humblebee,
Where thou art is clime for me.
Let them sail for Porto Rique,
Far-off heats through seas to seek.
I will follow thee alone,
Thou animated torrid-zone!
Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.
Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence.
Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.
Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
Nature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding
the secret to another soul.
It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.
It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.
