The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.
More Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
To-morrow, when the masks shall fallThat dizen nature's carnival,
The pure shall see, by their own will,
Which overflowing love shall fill,-
'Tis not within the force of Fate
The fate-conjoined to separate.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world is his who can see through its pretension.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no one who does not exaggerate.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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