Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ~ Miller owns this field, Locke that, and Manning the woodland beyond. But none of them owns the landscape. There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet. This is the best part of these men's farms, yet to this their warranty-deeds have no title. ~  ~ "The greatest wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more."
"The flowers, the animals, the mountains, reflected the wisdom of his best hour, as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood." ~ ~ The earth laughs in flowers ~ ~ We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands related to all things; which is the mean of many extremes. ~ ~ The first wealth is health. ~ ~ Manners are the happy way of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or of love --now repeated and hardened into usage. They form at last a rich varnish, with which the routine of life is washed, and its details adorned. If they are superficial, so are the dewdrops which give such depth to the morning meadows. ~ ~ Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books. ~ ~ The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. ~ ~ Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to methods there ~ ~ Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in its effects and laws, as beautiful as roses. ~ ~ Culture, with us, ends in headache ~ ~ Sleep lingers all our lifetime about our eyes, as night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir-tree. ~ ~ Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility ~ ~ The eye is easily frightened. ~ ~ The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides. ~ Most Popular Topics:
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