 Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. I suppose no man...  The Essay on Self-reliance - Page 23by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1853 - 664 pages
...exclaim the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood. Misunderstood? It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras...sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his being, as the inequalities of Andes and Himalaya are insignificant in the curve of the sphere. We pass... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1853 - 468 pages
...the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood. Misunderstood ? It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras...sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his being, as the inequalities of Andes and Himmaleyah are insignificant in the curve of the sphere. We... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...again, though it contradict everything you said to-day. " Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood." Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras...sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his being as the inequalities of Andes and Himraaleh are insignificant in the curve of the sphere. Nor... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 354 pages
...it contradict every thing you said to-day. —' Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras...sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his betheinequalities of Andes and Himmaleh are insignificant in the curve of the sphere. Nor does it matter... | |
 | Fredrika Bremer - 1858 - 702 pages
...the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be misunderstood. Misunderstood ? It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras...sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his being, as the inequalities of Andes and Himalaya are insignificant in the curve of the sphere. We pass... | |
 | Jules Remy, Julius Lucius Brenchley - 1861 - 660 pages
...exclaimed the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be understood. Misunderstood ! it is a right fool's word. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras...took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. "I No manner of external authority therefore has any pretence to be sufficient; and there is no other... | |
 | Jules Remy, Julius Lucius Brenchley - 1861 - 674 pages
...exclaimed the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be understood. Misunderstood ! it is a right fool's word. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras...ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood, "f No manner of external authority therefore has any pretence to be sufficient; and there is no other... | |
 | Jules Remy, Julius Lucius Brenchley - 1861 - 674 pages
...exclaimed the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be understood. Misunderstood ! it is a right fool's word. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras...took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood."! No manner of external authority therefore has any pretence to be sufficient; and there is no other... | |
 | Jules Remy, Julius Lucius Brenchley - 1861 - 682 pages
...exclaimed the aged ladies, you shall be sure to be understood. Misunderstood ! it is a right fool's word. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras...took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood."! No manner of external authority therefore has any pretence to be sufficient; and there is no other... | |
 | 1866 - 802 pages
...same doctrine by Emer•8on, when he says that—' I suppose no man can violate his nature. All tho sallies of his will are rounded in by the law of his being, as the irregularities of Andes and Himmaleh are insignificant in the curve of the sphere.'*... | |
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