Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man. >>

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

Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all >>

Quotations about Cities and City Life

I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New Yor >>

The Metropolis should have been aborted long before it became New York >>

The city is loveliest when the sweet death racket begins. Her own life >>

Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo