Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

A fly is as untamable as a hyena.

#Animals

'Tis pedantry to estimate nations by the census, or by square miles of land, or...

#Appreciation

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

#Architecture, #Art

There is properly no history; only biography

#Biography

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

#Biography

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

#Blessings

Every burned book enlightens the world.

#Books

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

#Books, #Eyes, #Nature

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

#Capitalism

Hitch your wagon to a star.

#Celebrity, #Fame

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

#Celebrity

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something

#Chance, #Learning