Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - Page 10
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1454, Delphi Classics
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1982). “Emerson: Selected Essays”, p.30, Penguin
Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1841). “Essays”, p.26
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.18, Harvard University Press
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.3084, Delphi Classics
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.298, Library of America
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1623, Delphi Classics
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Portable Emerson”, p.129, Penguin
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2508, Delphi Classics
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.100, Library of America
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
'Essays' (1841) 'Friendship'
Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1851). “Essays, lectures and orations”, p.148
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
1837 'The American Scholar', lecture at Harvard University.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.340
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays, second series”, p.6, Harvard University Press