Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. >>

All the great ages have been ages of belief. >>

The power which resides in man is new in nature, and none but he knows >>

Quotations about Truth

Funny how people despise platitudes, when they are usually the truest >>

We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little b >>

It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie. >>

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo