Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
There is no true orator who is not a hero.
There is no true orator who is not a hero.
Every day brings a ship,
Every ship brings a word;
Well for those who have no fear,
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Every day brings a ship,
Every ship brings a word;
Well for those who have no fear,
Looking seaward well assured
That the word the vessel brings
Is the word they wish to hear.
The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation read more
The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.
Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much read more
Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is so much warmth, so much bread.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the read more
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.
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.
Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities
Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities
Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.
It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.
