Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.
The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.
Do not be too timid or squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
Do not be too timid or squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.
When Shakespeare is charges with debts to his authors, Landor
replies, "Yet he was more original than his originals. read more
When Shakespeare is charges with debts to his authors, Landor
replies, "Yet he was more original than his originals. He
breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have read more
To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and heart of the child.
When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think
they're going?
When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think
they're going?
Bring me wine, but wine which never grew
In the belly of the grape,
Or grew on read more
Bring me wine, but wine which never grew
In the belly of the grape,
Or grew on vine whose tap-roots, reaching through
Under the Andes to the Cape,
Suffered no savor of the earth to escape.
Nations have lost their old omnipotence; the patriotic tiedoes not hold. Nations are getting obsolete, we go and live where read more
Nations have lost their old omnipotence; the patriotic tiedoes not hold. Nations are getting obsolete, we go and live where we will.
It is dainty to be sick, if you have leisure and convenience for it.
It is dainty to be sick, if you have leisure and convenience for it.
Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. read more
Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitaire. It is a grand passion.
Men are what their mothers made them
Men are what their mothers made them
