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
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm.
Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
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The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
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