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
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
More quotations tagged with “humor”
Humor is a rubber sword—it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.
Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life's absurdities by thinking absurdly about them.
The best defence against misguided arrogance is a keen sense of humour.
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