Fame is proof that people are gullible

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend...

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the...

Knowledge exists to be imparted

Knowledge exists to be imparted

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

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...

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Children are all foreigners.

Children are all foreigners.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

As soon as there is life there is danger.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a 'wandering...

If we really think that home is elsewhere and that this life is a 'wandering...

Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.

Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.