Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
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.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each
other.
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large
enough to cover.
Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large
enough to cover.
God enters by a private door into every individual.
God enters by a private door into every individual.
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.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
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.
Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.
Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.
