Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

It is a happy talent to know how to play. >>

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are n >>

Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out-values all the >>

Quotations about Familiarity

All objects lose by too familiar a view. >>

A shocking occurrence ceases to be shocking when it occurs daily. >>

Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it. >>

The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo