“All our science lacks a human side.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)
Beauty (Primary source)
In Beauty, Emerson explores how beauty in nature and art reflects a deeper spiritual truth and moral order. He argues that true beauty is not just aesthetic pleasure but a manifestation of the divine, elevating the soul and inspiring virtue.
“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“The law of nature is, Do the thing, and you shall have the power: but they who do not the thing have not the power.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
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“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“Do not do that which you would not have known.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“You may be too cunning for one, but not for all.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“I will not be triumphed over.”
— Cleopatra (unverified)