Speak what you think to-day in words as …

Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tell them dear, that if eyes were made f…

Tell them dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,Then beauty is its own excuse for beingWhy thou wert there, O rival of the roseI never sought to ask, I never knewBut, in my simple ignorance supposeThe selfsame power that brought me there brought you.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Ralph Waldo Emerson

The angels are so enamoured of the langu…

The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.

Quote, saying and phrase by: Ralph Waldo Emerson