Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

The less government we have the better.

The less government we have the better.

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

There is properly no history; only biography

There is properly no history; only biography

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Fame is proof that people are gullible

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path...

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.