Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Friendship demands the ability to do without it.
Friendship demands the ability to do without it.
The passages of Shakespeare that we most prize were never quoted
until within this century.
- read more
The passages of Shakespeare that we most prize were never quoted
until within this century.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.
I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.
Money often costs too much.
Money often costs too much.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable read more
Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable variations.
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated read more
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
Knowledge exists to be imparted.
Knowledge exists to be imparted.
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.
Insist on yourself; never imitate.
Insist on yourself; never imitate.
