Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling i >>

Fate, then, is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thoug >>

It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence, whether a man >>

Quotations about Amusement

Cards were at first for benefits designed, sent to amuse, not to ensla >>

Amusement to an observing mind is study. >>

If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction >>

The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, and the pageant marches at all hours, with music and banner and badge.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo