Ralph Waldo Emerson: Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.
I read your piece on Plato. Holmes, when you strike at a king, you must kill him — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth — Ralph Waldo Emerson
None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A Dwarf on a Giant's shoulder sees farther of the two. — George Herbert
As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities. — James Anthony Froude
Breath is strange, if you hold it for too long you run out. — Yuval Greenfield
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. — Edward Gibbon
One is ashamed to say how little is needed for all men to be delivered from thos — Leo Tolstoy
Dissimulation is innate in woman, and almost as much a quality of the stupid as — Arthur Schopenhauer
You must read Plato . But you must hold him at arm's length and say, 'Plato, you — Ralph Waldo Emerson
One shall be born from small beginnings which will rapidly become vast. This wil — Leonardo da Vinci