Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
A nation never falls but by suicide.
A nation never falls but by suicide.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you had taken off the shoe then, at length you would feel in
what part it pinched you.
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If you had taken off the shoe then, at length you would feel in
what part it pinched you.
[Lat., Si calceum induisses, tum demum sentires qua parte te
urgeret.]
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.
We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.
We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.
