Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can. >>

It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life that no man can >>

The President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost >>

Quotations about Translation

It were as wise to cast a violet into a crucible that you might discov >>

Translation is entirely mysterious. Increasingly I have felt that the >>

The test of a given phrase would be: Is it worthy to be immortal? To m >>

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable -- any real insight or broad human sentiment.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo