"The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity; Himself from God he could not free; He builded better than he knew: The conscious stone to beauty grew."
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2,824 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities…
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If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the…
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There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
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Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
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Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
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The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial…
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One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the…
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Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
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The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
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A little praise goes a great ways.
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More Aisles Quotes
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Ever notice that Soup for One is eight aisles away from Party Mix?
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And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths…
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There is room in the halls of pleasure for a large and lordly train, but one by one we must…
— Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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The point is that petty, frustrating crap like this is exactly where the work of choosing comes in. Because the…
— David Foster Wallace
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Hell came right along with God, hand in hand. The stink of sulfur swirled in the air of the church,…
— Harry Crews
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There's a man in the world who is never turned down, whatever he chances to stray; he gets the glad…
— Walt Whitman
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By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection, whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV…
— Adora Svitak
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Hey, look at this guy Kenny G. with his thing, walking up and down the aisles of the concert hall…
— Jerome Richardson
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The ironic is a mere ancient whisper in this torqued narrative: its odd violence feels true. Today & Tomorrow crashes…
— Stacey Levine
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These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I'm washing the dishes, driving to the store and…
— Al Jarreau
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I absolutely fell in love with David Cristofanos writing. THE GIRL SHE USED TO BE is that rare novel--its the…
— Johanna Edwards
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Libraries are magical places. There's nothing quite like strolling the hushed aisles, letting your eye rove along dimly lit shelves.…
— John Jakes
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