A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ;... Essays - Página 107por Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 333 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 páginas
...something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 396 páginas
...something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 páginas
...something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 páginas
...something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 páginas
...something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of the assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 páginas
...something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of the assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 páginas
...something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance ; he is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation...himself on the side of his assailants. It is more to his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point. The wound cicatrizes and falls off from him... | |
| 1889 - 872 páginas
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| Anna Cabot Lowell - 1856 - 330 páginas
...something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find... | |
| Edward Edwards - 1859 - 1196 páginas
...... The wise man always throws himself ou the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than theirs to find his weak point. The wound cicatrizes...and when they would triumph, lo ! he has passed on, iuvulnerahle. KHERSON. I have now, in a very inadequate manner, but to BOOK IY. . . . Chapter Vllf.... | |
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