About Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and...
More quotations from Ralph Waldo Emerson
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
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Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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