Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
A nation never falls but by suicide.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities
Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities
Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.
Nor count compartments of the floors,
But mount to paradise
By the stairway of surprise.
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.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
Nor sequent centuries could hit
Orbit and sum of Shakespeare's wit.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
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.
