Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 10 of 488 )
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.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
From the feet, Hercules.
[Lat., Ex pede Herculem.]
From the feet, Hercules.
[Lat., Ex pede Herculem.]
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.
Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.
There is always safety in valor.
There is always safety in valor.
The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether read more
The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.
There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all read more
There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.
Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less read more
Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in a better order, in timeliness, in being at the right spot.
