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 - 1926 - 398 pages
...lo! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is afer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper, b long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain tssurance of success. But as soon as honeyed words of >raise are spoken for me I feel as one that lies... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1979 - 434 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 praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. In... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1983 - 1196 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, even' evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength... | |
| Alan Dundes - 1992 - 334 pages
...well of you." 2. Cf. Emerson, Compensation: "Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against...But as soon as honeyed words of praise are spoken forme I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies." 3. KF Smith, "Pupula Duplex," Studies... | |
| Kenneth Sacks - 2003 - 426 pages
...That's pretty much what he wrote a few months later about reaction to his Divinity School address: "As long as all 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... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 69 pages
...triumph, to! 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 praise are spoken for me I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. In... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 2005 - 264 pages
...mowing, muttering in our path, and shading our day. !7 Censure and Praise. - I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all 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... | |
| Lois Gerber Franke - 2007 - 285 pages
...of the insanity of conceit, has got moderation and real skill . . . Blame is safer than praise ... In general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor . . I learn the wisdom of St. Bernard, 'nothing can work me damage except myself. The harm that I sustain,... | |
| Lee Oser - 2007 - 206 pages
...materialism, his mind foundered in a sea of doubt. But there may be something to Emerson's stodgy apothegm: "In general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor." 2 The career of Chesterton stands as a victory for humankind. It represents the last major victory... | |
| Maurice York, Rick Spaulding - 2008 - 278 pages
...the local papers. Emerson's reaction to his advocates may seem strange: "I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all 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... | |
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