Poetry must be as new as foam and as old as the rock.
More Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
The world always had the same bankrupt look, to foregoing ages as to us.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Slavery it is that makes slavery freedom, freedom. The slavery of women happened when the men were slaves of kings.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rhodora If the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then Beauty is its own excuse for being.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Literature Quotes, Poetry QuotesNo. Maceo played sax, didn't he, well they used to sit in.
Tommy Chong
Democratic leaders, whose power is ultimately dependent on popular support, are held accountable for failing to improve the lives of their citizens. Therefore, they have a powerful incentive to keep their societies peaceful and prosperous.
Natan Sharansky
Go to the truth beyond the mind. Love is the bridge.
Stephen Levine