Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
Daughter of heaven and earth, coy Spring,
With sudden passion languishing,
Teaching barren moors to smile,
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Daughter of heaven and earth, coy Spring,
With sudden passion languishing,
Teaching barren moors to smile,
Painting pictures mile on mile,
Holds a cup of cowslip wreaths
Whence a smokeless incense breathes.
Fear always springs from ignorance
Fear always springs from ignorance
The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.
The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.
Chide me not, laborious band!
For the idle flowers I brought;
Every aster in my hand
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Chide me not, laborious band!
For the idle flowers I brought;
Every aster in my hand
Goes home loaded with a thought.
Language is fossil poetry.
Language is fossil poetry.
The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.
The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.
How much of human life is lost in waiting.
How much of human life is lost in waiting.
All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone
All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone
