Quote #42
Poetry must be new as foam, and as old as the rock.
More from Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
- I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavad Gita. It was the first of books; it was as if an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, bu…
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- You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.
- Blessed are those who have no talent!
- The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.
- The word liberty in the mouth of Mr. Webster sounds like the word love in the mouth of a courtesan.