Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is Latin names

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Luck Quotes

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

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

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

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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

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.

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it...

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

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 music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech

I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing...

I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...