Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or e >>

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. >>

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous pa >>

Quotations about Conservatives

To be conservative requires no brains whatsoever. Cabbages, cows and c >>

The values to which the conservative appeals are inevitably caricature >>

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who has never le >>

Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner, or before taking their rest; when they are sick or aged. In the morning, or when their intellect or their conscience has been aroused, when they hear music, or when they read poetry, they are radicals.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo