What did Ralph Waldo Emerson mean by: For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly. Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA Copy
+ By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great. Read explanation Author, December 14, 2023December 28, 2024, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Achievement, Persistence, Sacrifice, 0 Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ Whatever limits us we call fate. Read explanation Author, June 1, 2023January 1, 2025, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Fate, Limits, Perception, 0 Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ Happy the man who never puts on a face, but receives every visitor with that countenance he has on. Read explanation Author, December 14, 2023January 1, 2025, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Authenticity, Contentment, Hospitality, 0 Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of culture. Author, September 19, 2023January 2, 2025, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Cheerfulness, Culture, Intelligence, 0 Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ Keep your friendships in repair. Author, August 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Connection, Friendship, Maintenance, 0 Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ No love can be bound by oath or covenant to secure it against a higher love. Read explanation Author, December 14, 2023January 1, 2025, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Betrayal, Love, Loyalty, 0 Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ O friend, never strike sail to a fear! Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas. Read explanation Author, December 14, 2023January 1, 2025, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Courage, Faith, Resilience, 0 Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Author, February 15, 2023December 25, 2024, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Innovation, Recognition, Success, 0 Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
Equilibrium is the profoundest tendency of all human activity. Read explanation Jean Piaget Psychologist · Switzerland
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Avant-garde art jousts with propriety, but takes care never to unseat it. Read explanation Mason Cooley Professor · USA