 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
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 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...feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honied words of 20 praise are spoken for me I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.... | |
 | Oscar W. Firkins - 1915 - 404 pages
...passage dated twenty-six days later: — "I hate to be defended in a newspaper ... as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies." It is curious to find the most violent of his reported utterances on this subject directed toward his... | |
 | George Frederick Gundelfinger - 1916 - 322 pages
...great man is always willing to be little. t 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.* Somewhere, not only every orator but every man should let out all the length of all the reins ; should... | |
 | 1885 - 720 pages
...insanity of conceit ; has got moderation and real skill. For the same reason blame is softer than praise. In general every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. From a careful analysis of human life and the attributes necessary to success — that is the realization... | |
 | Agnes Edith Metcalfe - 1917 - 428 pages
...pricked and stung and sorely assailed. . . , Blame is safer than praise. 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. ... In general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. . > . The history of persecution... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 580 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 me, I ijjeel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel... | |
 | John Burroughs - 1922 - 318 pages
...to be defended in a newspaper : "As long as all that is said is against me I feel a certain austere assurance of success, but as soon as honeyed words...as one that lies unprotected before his enemies." Next to Thoreau, Emerson devotes to Alcott more space in his Journals than to any other man. It is... | |
 | Walter Frank Cobb - 1924 - 408 pages
...kindness. A strong will sometimes requires a strong " won't." Can the class think of cases in point. "Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor....Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of an enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist" (Emerson).... | |
 | Grover C. Orth - 1926 - 196 pages
...insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended. As long as all that is said, is said against me, I...feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies."... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 386 pages
...that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but as soon as honied words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. October 5 Books. — It seems meritorious to read : but from everything but history or the works of... | |
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