Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The less government we have the better.

The less government we have the better.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in...

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Language is the archives of history

Language is the archives of history

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without...

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

Last year, we had a lot of ups and downs. But as a team we...

Last year, we had a lot of ups and downs. But as a team we...

Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to...

Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to...