Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 - 1882
1847 photo by Southworth & Hawes, from the George Eastman House Collection
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- The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer are: 1. Never read any book that is not a year old.
2. Never read any but famed books.
3. Never read any but what you like. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - "Books" in Society and Solitude (1870) - The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The truth, the hope of any time, must always be sought in minorities. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The unsaid part is the best of every discourse. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The world belongs to the energetic. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - The world exists for the education of each man. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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