Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Language
'Essays. Second Series' (1844) 'The Poet'
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.103, Harvard University Press
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.22, University of Georgia Press
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1977). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1852-1855”, p.78, Harvard University Press
As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.393
An answer in words is delusive; it is really no answer to the questions you ask.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Self-Reliance and Other Essays”, p.58, Courier Corporation
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1993). “Self-reliance, and Other Essays”, p.79, Courier Corporation
Every word was once a poem. Every new relation is a new word.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.191, Penguin
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1972). “Early Lectures: 1838-1842”, p.266, Harvard University Press
The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.18, Рипол Классик
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred R. Ferguson (1965). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume V: 1835-1838”, p.334, Harvard University Press