Quote #37
Children are all foreigners.
More from Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I wish to write such rhymes as shall not suggest a restraint, but contrariwise the wildest freedom.
- The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
- Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
- You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.
- Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
- Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
- Four snakes gliding up and down a hollow for no purpose that I could see - not to eat, not for love, but only gliding.
- The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.