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

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Beauty Quotes, Gifts Quotes

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.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

Culture is one thing and varnish is another.

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task...

A man is a God in ruins

A man is a God in ruins

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force -...

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure,...

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure,...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...

Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for...