Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

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

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

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it...

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with...

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life...

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life...

His faith perhaps in some nice tenets might Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was...

His faith perhaps in some nice tenets might Be wrong; his life, I'm sure, was...