 Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.  Essays - Page 37by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Maureen McMahon - 2004 - 207 pages
...I stood that it was a body, a dead body, and there was no doubt in my mind who it was. Chapter Ten Render an honest and a perfect man Commands all light,...good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. John Fletcher Upon an "Honest Man's Fortune" IT WAS PROBABLY some instinctive sense of self-preservation... | |
 | Victoria Alexander - 2009 - 401 pages
...me think, another quote comes to mind. How did that go?" Reggie paused for a moment. "Ah yes: 'Man is his own star, and the soul that can render an honest and perfect man commands all light, all influence — ' " " 'All fate.' " Miss Bellingham smiled smugly.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 pages
...of the forest, yielding shade and fruit to wide neighborhoods of men. Ne te quaesiveris extra, Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest...early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or HI, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. Epilogue to Beaumont and Fletcher's Honest Man's fortune... | |
 | Naoko Saito - 2005 - 238 pages
...the Gleam of Light Emerson's essay, "Self-Reliance," begins with a poem by Beaumont and Fletcher: Man is his own star and the soul that can Render an honest...all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. . . . (Epilogue to Beaumont and Fletcher's Honest Man's Fortune) ("SR," 131) As the poem presages,... | |
 | Tom Walsh - 2007 - 200 pages
...all the difference. Self-Reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson SELF-RELIANCE "Ne te quaesiveris extra." "Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest...still." Epilogue to Beaumont and Fletcher's Honest Man's Fortune. Cast the bantling on the rocks, Suckle him with the she-wolf's teat, Wintered with the... | |
 | Kenneth S. Sacks - 2008 - 228 pages
...respect, sir, I am your fellow citizen, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Self-Reliance Ne te quaesiveris extra. Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest...still. Epilogue to Beaumont and Fletcher's Honest Man 's Fortune Cast the bantling on the rocks, Suckle him with the she-wolfs teat; Wintered with the... | |
 | Jennifer Cody Epstein - 2008 - 424 pages
...tell us. It's about realizing your own potential." Shutting his eyes, he recites with bravado: " 'Man is his own star. And the soul that can render an honest...man commands all light, all influence, all fate.' " Xiuqing nods — purely from reflex, since her uncle still has his eyes closed, and she has no idea... | |
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