Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The line of beauty is the line of perfect economy. >>

A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a c >>

Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, >>

Quotations about Heroes and Heroism

A man can be a hero if he is a scientist, or a soldier, or a drug addi >>

One brave deed makes no hero. >>

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves th >>

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo