 I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honeyed words of praise are spoken for me I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.  Essays, First Series - Page 108by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1857 - 404 pages
...is the experience of all. It is never safe to be praised. Emerson says, " I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against...honeyed •words of praise are spoken for me, I feel like one that lies unprotected before his enemies." The evil effects of being over-praised are very... | |
 | 1866 - 882 pages
...skin, and when they would triumph, loi he has passed on invulnerable. As long as all that is eaid is against me, I feel a certain assurance of success....feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. WOMAN-HEB SPHERE, AND THE MEANS OF HEB ELEVATIOH.« BI KIT. VK TWEIDIE, DD SPHERE are some parts of... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against...to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against...that lies unprotected before his enemies. In general, everj' evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...trinmph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against...to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 504 pages
...triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against...to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 302 pages
...triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against...to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1876 - 300 pages
...trinmph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against...as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. In general,1 every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich-Islander believes... | |
 | Isaac Newton Carleton - 1878 - 140 pages
...skin, and when they would triumph, lo, he has passed on invulnerable. As long as all that is said is against me, I feel a certain assurance of success....feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. BW Emerson, Mass., 1803—. 82. Good Advice. Be careful that you do not commend yourselves. It is a... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1881 - 420 pages
...triumph, lo! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against...succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich Islander bslieves that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength... | |
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