Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet read more
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
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.
Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,--
Can your lurking thought surprise,
And interpret your read more
Cupid is a casuist, a mystic, and a cabalist,--
Can your lurking thought surprise,
And interpret your device,
. . . .
All things wait for and divine him,--
How shall I dare to malign him?
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one.
All history is a record of the power of minorities, and of minorities of one.
I can find my biography in every fable that I read.
I can find my biography in every fable that I read.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts read more
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.
No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.
No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.
