For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson The cheapness of man is every day's tragedy. Ralph Waldo Emerson frugalitytragedymen When a whole nation is roaring patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and the purity of its heart. Ralph Waldo Emerson voicehearthands Every ship that comes to America got its chart from Columbus. Ralph Waldo Emerson shipsdiscoveryamerica Only poetry inspires poetry. Ralph Waldo Emerson poetryinspire But there is no end to the praise of books, to the value of the library. Who shall estimate their influence on our population where all the millions read and write ? It is the joy of nations that man can communicate all his thoughts, discoveries and virtues to records that may last for centuries. Ralph Waldo Emerson writingmenbook In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their own creed and yours; whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all the religions of humanity. Ralph Waldo Emerson eyeagreementreligious Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book. Ralph Waldo Emerson writingmenbook Fame is proof that the people are gullible. Ralph Waldo Emerson gulliblefamepeople The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough. Ralph Waldo Emerson greatnesshumilityessence A little praise goes a great ways. Ralph Waldo Emerson littlesappreciationway Language is the archives of history. Ralph Waldo Emerson archiveshistoricalhistory The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression. Ralph Waldo Emerson expressioninspirationalmen The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape. Ralph Waldo Emerson eyelawmen Every artist was first an amateur. Ralph Waldo Emerson inspiringmotivationalinspirational Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none. Ralph Waldo Emerson truthbeautylove When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers. Ralph Waldo Emerson successmotivationalinspirational My life is not an apology, but a life. It is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady. Ralph Waldo Emerson self-relianceapologylife-is Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house a world; and beyond its world, a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for you. For you is the phenomenon perfect. What we are, that only can we see. All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do. Adam called his house, heaven and earth; Caesar called his house, Rome; you perhaps call yours, a cobler's trade; a hundred acres of ploughed land; or a scholar's garret. Yet line for line and point for point, your dominion is as great as theirs, though without fine names. Build, therefore, your own world. Ralph Waldo Emerson romelandnames 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. Ralph Waldo Emerson positivehappinesslife The landscape belongs to the person who looks at it..." -Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson landscapenaturelooks
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