Good breeding a union of kindness and independence.
Weitere Zitate von Ralph Waldo Emerson
Zum Autor"Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted."
"It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man having once shown himself capable of original writing is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion."
"And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship."
"The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough."
"What I must do is all that concerns me,."
"Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold."