Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignific >>

No man can help another without helping himself. >>

We fly to beauty as an asylum from the terrors of finite nature. >>

Quotations about Cynics and Cynicism

A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, a >>

Cynicism is intellectual dandyism. >>

A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he i >>

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo