--- title: "17 Dear Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson" description: "17 Dear quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Plus more from Ralph Waldo Emerson and more Dear sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_dear_a-man-often-pays-dear-for-a-small-frugal_2865181.png" --- > [A man often pays dear for a small frugality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-often-pays-dear-for-a-small-frugality/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_dear_a-man-often-pays-dear-for-a-small-frugal_2865181.png) > [In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-hundreds-of-dear-friends-but/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_boxes_in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-h_10417.png) > [If you follow the suburban fashion in building a sumptuous- looking house for a little money, it will appear to all eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-you-follow-the-suburban-fashion-in-building-a-sumptuous-looking/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_building_if-you-follow-the-suburban-fashion-in-bu_491320.png) > [Rhodora! If the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/rhodora-if-the-sages-ask-thee-why-this-charm-is-wasted-on-the-earth/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_asks_rhodora-if-the-sages-ask-thee-why-this-c_2245168.png) > [In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends imprisoned by an enchanter in paper and leathern boxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-hundreds-of-dear-friends/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37c/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_boxes_in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-h_3004377.png) > [In the hands of the discoverer, medicine becomes a heroic art . . wherever life is dear he is a demigod.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-the-hands-of-the-discoverer-medicine-becomes-a-heroic-art-wherever/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_art_in-the-hands-of-the-discoverer-medicine_3150335.png) > [...in the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in the streets or villages...in the woods we return to reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-the-wilderness-i-find-something-more-dear-and-connate-than-in-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7f/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_dear_in-the-wilderness-i-find-something-more_1063156.png) > [We may like well to know what is Plato’s and what is Montesquieu’s or Goethe’s part, and what thought was always dear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-may-like-well-to-know-what-is-plato-s-and-what-is-montesquieu-s-or/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_aptitude_we-may-like-well-to-know-what-is-plato-s_2053715.png) > [I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty. In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-am-the-lover-of-uncontained-and-immortal-beauty-in-the-wilderness-i/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_beautiful_i-am-the-lover-of-uncontained-and-immort_361108.png) > [Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. To a man laboring under calamity the heat of his own fire hath sadness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/nature-always-wears-the-colors-of-the-spirit-to-a-man-laboring-under/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b05/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_calamity_nature-always-wears-the-colors-of-the-sp_112183.jpg) > [ \[T\]omorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well & serenely, & with too high a spirit to be cumbered with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/t-omorrow-is-a-new-day-you-shall-begin-it-well-serenely-with-too-high/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09d/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_begin_t-omorrow-is-a-new-day-you-shall-begin-i_643041.jpg) > [Dear to us are those who love us... but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/dear-to-us-are-those-who-love-us-but-dearer-are-those-who-reject-us/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_add_dear-to-us-are-those-who-love-us-but-dea_2523287.png) > [Tell them dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/tell-them-dear-that-if-eyes-were-made-for-seeing-then-beauty-is-its/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd5/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_asks_tell-them-dear-that-if-eyes-were-made-fo_2126130.png) > [The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-death-of-a-dear-friend-wife-brother-lover-which-seemed-nothing/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_aspect_the-death-of-a-dear-friend-wife-brother_1329744.jpg) > [I think that the heroism which at this day would make on us the impression of Epaminondas and Phocion must be that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-think-that-the-heroism-which-at-this-day-would-make-on-us-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/605/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_cities_i-think-that-the-heroism-which-at-this-d_508592.png) > [Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/write-it-on-your-heart-that-every-day-is-the-best-day-in-the-year-he/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/812/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_absurdity_write-it-on-your-heart-that-every-day-is_2422186.png) > [“I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who was wont to importune…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-remember-an-answer-which-when-quite-young-i-was-prompted-to-make-to/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a54/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_adviser_i-remember-an-answer-which-when-quite-yo_1312136.png) ## Other authors on Dear ## More by Ralph Waldo Emerson > [The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-history-of-mankind-interests-us-only-as-it-exhibits-a-steady-gain/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-we-will-not-interfere-with-our-thought-but-will-act-entirely-or/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-there-is-any-period-one-would-desire-to-be-born-in-is-it-not-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-cannot-speak-but-he-judges-himself-with-his-will-or-against-his/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/consideration-is-the-soil-in-which-wisdom-may-be-expected-to-grow-and/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-then-creative-reading-as-well-as-creative-writing-when-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The order of things consents to virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-order-of-things-consents-to-virtue/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Life only avails, not the having lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/life-only-avails-not-the-having-lived/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/another-success-is-the-post-office-with-its-educating-energy/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-child-reminds-us-that-playtime-is-an-essential-part-of-our-daily/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-man-can-be-criticised-but-by-a-greater-than-he-do-not-then-read/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/coal-lay-in-ledges-under-the-ground-since-the-flood-until-a-laborer/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-am-therefore-i-had-nothing-better-to-do-than-to-think/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-hundreds-of-dear-friends-but/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-compensations-of-calamity-are-made-apparent-to-the-understanding/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dear/ralph-waldo-emerson/#itemlist", "name": "17 Dear Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A man often pays dear for a small frugality.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-often-pays-dear-for-a-small-frugality/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_dear_a-man-often-pays-dear-for-a-small-frugal_2865181.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_dear_a-man-often-pays-dear-for-a-small-frugal_2865181.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_dear_a-man-often-pays-dear-for-a-small-frugal_2865181.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A man often pays dear for a small frugality.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern boxes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-hundreds-of-dear-friends-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_boxes_in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-h_10417.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_boxes_in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-h_10417.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_boxes_in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-h_10417.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in…” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you follow the suburban fashion in building a sumptuous- looking house for a little money, it will appear to all eyes as a cheap, dear house.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-you-follow-the-suburban-fashion-in-building-a-sumptuous-looking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_building_if-you-follow-the-suburban-fashion-in-bu_491320.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_building_if-you-follow-the-suburban-fashion-in-bu_491320.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/453/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_building_if-you-follow-the-suburban-fashion-in-bu_491320.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you follow the suburban fashion in building a sumptuous- looking house for a little money, it will appear…” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rhodora! 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