 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 - Side 107af Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 333 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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 sider
...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... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1856 - 330 sider
...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 sider
...... 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.... | |
 | Edward Edwards - 1859 - 1206 sider
...himself ou the side of his assailants. It if more his iutcrest than theirs to find his weak poiut. The wound cicatrizes and falls off from him, like a dead skin, and ,when they would triumph, • ! he has passed on, invulnerable. Emuox. I have now, in a very inadequate manner, but to BOOK iv.... | |
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