“A man must consider what a blindman's-buff is this game of conformity. If I know your sect, I anticipate your argument. I… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is, that it scatters your force. It loses your time… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“When private men shall act with original views, the lustre will be transferred from the actions of kings to those of gentlemen.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“That popular fable of the sot who was picked up dead drunk in the street, carried to the duke's house, washed and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
