Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Beauty Quotes

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...

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood; and if there is any truth...

Thought is action in rehearsal

Thought is action in rehearsal

Always do what you are afraid to do.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so...

There is no knowledge that is not power

There is no knowledge that is not power

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange...

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind

To be simple is to be great

To be simple is to be great

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common...

Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common...