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Perpetual Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Perpetual modernism is the measure of merit in every work of art.
- 'Tis a short sight to limit our faith in laws to those of gravity, of chemistry, of botany, and so forth. Those laws do not…
- Every really able man, in whatever direction he works - a man of large affairs, an inventor, a statesman, an orator, a poet, a painter…
- Indeed the river is a perpetual gala, and boasts each month a new ornament.
- The tempered light of the woods is like a perpetual morning.
- Explore, and explore, and explore. Be neither chided nor flattered out of your position of perpetual inquiry. Neither dogmatise yourself, nor accept another's dogmatism. Why…
- I can reason down or deny everything, except this perpetual Belly: feed he must and will, and I cannot make him respectable.
- In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a…
- But, if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from these heavenly worlds, will separate between him…
- Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect.
- Explore, and explore. Be neither chided nor flattered out of your position of perpetual inquiry. Neither dogmatize or accept another's dogmatism.
More Perpetual Quotes
- Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment,… — J. G. Ballard
- Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up… — Joseph Addison
- The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their… — Joseph Addison
- It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man. — Georges Bernanos
- What a mysterious thing madness is. I have watched patients whose lips are forever sealed in a perpetual silence. They live, breathe,… — Nellie Bly
- The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for… — John Buchan
- The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless,… — Henry Clay
- Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to… — Walter Anderson
- The whole pleasure of marriage is that it is a perpetual crisis. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and… — Henry Ward Beecher
- The prodigious waste of human life occasioned by this perpetual struggle for room and food, was more than supplied by the mighty… — Thomas Malthus
- A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired. This maxim, drawn from… — Alexander Hamilton