Language is fossil poetry

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Language Quotes, Poetry Quotes

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

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.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology.

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...

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...

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because...

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a...

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Genius always finds itself a century too early.

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

You don't know it like you gotta go the distance. Whether yoga or doja, we...

You don't know it like you gotta go the distance. Whether yoga or doja, we...

Fear in her chest her face in tears, had her mans back he was facing...

Fear in her chest her face in tears, had her mans back he was facing...