“There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.”
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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“Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“If you know that this life is all that you have, wouldn’t you make the most of it?”
— Ayn Rand (unverified)“Fish and visitors stink in three days.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)