Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

It the proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simple >>

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, an >>

We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some dan >>

Quotations about Critics and Criticism

I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one >>

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. >>

Did some more sober critics come abroad? If wrong, I smil'd; if right, >>

Blame is safer than praise.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo