Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, read more
The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, and the pageant marches at all hours, with music and banner and badge.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
No book was ever written down by any but itself.
There is no true orator who is not a hero.
There is no true orator who is not a hero.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.
Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.
Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.
Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.
God enters by a private door into every individual.
God enters by a private door into every individual.
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.
Give no bounties: make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.
Glittering generalities! They are blazing ubiquities.
Glittering generalities! They are blazing ubiquities.
