To the birds and trees he talks: Caesar of his leafy Rome, There the poet is at home. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I am ashamed to see what a shallow village tale our so-called History is. How many times must we say Rome, and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The American who has been confined, in his own country, to the sight of buildings designed after foreign models, is surprised on… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To be rich is to have a ticket of admission to the masterworks and chief men of each race. It is to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man; as, monachism of the Hermit Anthony, the Reformation of Luther, Quakerism of Fox,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
And I myself, in Rome, heard it said openly in the streets, "If there is a hell, then Rome is built on… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
O, when I am safe in my sylvan home, I mock at the pride of Greece and Rome; And when I am… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. At home I dream that at Naples,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house a world; and beyond its world, a heaven. Know then, that the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The Jews believed Jerusalem to be the centre. I have seen a kratometric chart designed to show that the city of Philadelphia… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
