 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
 | 1894 - 522 pages
...you shall be sure to be misunderstood. Misunderstood! It is a right fool's word. Is it then so bad to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood,...ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood." ITEMS. SANMETTO IN ALL URETHRAL INFLAMMATION, AND AS A VITALIZING TONIC TO THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.—I... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 618 pages
...though 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...and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, itnd every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. I suppose... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 pages
...in thee, As western wave and Gallic stream Are mingled in one sea. SEL F-EELIA NCE. WALDO EMERSON. SUPPOSE no man can violate his nature. All the 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. Nor... | |
 | 1890 - 596 pages
...contradict everything you said to-day—' ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.' Is it so bad to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras was misunderstood,...spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderIndependence,self-reliance, these are themes upon which he loves to dwell. He has devoted a... | |
 | Brainard Gardner Smith - 1891 - 188 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 was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 120 pages
...contradict everything you said to-day. — "Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood."— Is it sb bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood,...and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, 1 and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. I suppose... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1894 - 334 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...and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, mid Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be... | |
 | 1895 - 546 pages
...apologize, they hesitate for fear of it. To quote Emerson again: "Misunderstood! It is a right fools'word. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras...every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh." The misinterpretation or misunderstanding of the world is not to be feared so much as being untrue... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 526 pages
...the aged ladies, you will be sure to be misunderstood ! Misunderstood ! It is a right fool's word 1 Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood ? Pythagoras...spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.—Essay an Self-Rdiance. HAVING IT MADE UP. Ever since I was a boy I have wished to... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 546 pages
...the aged ladies, you will be sure to be misunderstood ! Misunderstood ! It is a right fool's word ! 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... | |
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