Famous Quotes / Ralph Waldo Emerson
1442 Quotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 61. A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
- 62. A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
- 63. A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
- 64. A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
- 65. A real leader faces the music, even when he doesn't like the tune.
- 66. A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his s ...
- 67. A sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.
- 68. A scholar is the favorite of Heaven and of earth;
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- 69. A sect or party is an incognito devised to save man from the vexation of thinking.
- 70. A sense of humor is the lubricant of life's machinery.
- 71. A sense of humour keen enough to show a man his own absurdities as well as those of other people wil ...
- 72. A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.
- 73. A strenuous soul hates cheap success.
- 74. A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.
- 75. A torn jacket is soon mended; but hard words bruise the heart of a child.
- 76. A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.
- 77. A weed is a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
- 78. A witty saying proves nothing
- 79. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you.
- 80. Accept your genius and say what you think.