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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist · 692 quotes
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“Work is victory.”
Work
“Imitation is suicide.”
Imitation
“Genius Borrows nobly.”
Plagiarism
“A man is a god in ruins.”
Adversity
“Earth laughs in flowers.”
Flowers
“We are prisoners of ideas.”
Ideas
“All mankind loves a lover.”
Love
“Money often costs too much.”
Money
“We walk alone in the world.”
Solitude
“The first wealth is health.”
Wealth
“Beauty rests on necessities.”
Beauty
“Today is a king in disguise.”
Present
“We boil at different degrees.”
Anger
“The eye is easily frightened.”
Eyes
“We never touch but at points.”
Solitude
“We are the prisoners of ideas.”
Conflict
“Knowledge is the only elegance.”
Knowledge
“A man is related to all nature.”
Nature