Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

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...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to...

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

Our strength grows out of our weaknesses

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Tis the good reader that makes the good book.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

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...

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it...

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes...

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

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

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

Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly...

Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly...

There is a Law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few...

There is a Law that man should love his neighbor as himself. In a few...

There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.

There is little friendship in the world, and least of all between equals.