Language is fossil poetry

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Language Quotes, Poetry Quotes

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Fear not, then, thou child infirm; There's no god dare wrong a worm

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

A man cannot speak but he judges himself

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

With magnetism, power of uncondensed steam, gravitation, radiant energy of electric waves, equilibrium and activity...

With magnetism, power of uncondensed steam, gravitation, radiant energy of electric waves, equilibrium and activity...