 It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.  Twelve Essays - Page 45by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 408 pages
...those who think they : know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude...live after our own ; but the great man is he who in / I ^ £~ the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect ! f sweetness the independence of solitude, f The... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1893 - 126 pages
...rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because...duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1894 - 334 pages
...rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because...always find those who think they know what is your duly better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy... | |
 | Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - 604 pages
...she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence. — POJK. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after your own ; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the... | |
 | 1895 - 344 pages
...our own consciences ; to unite social deference and selfdominion. 19. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after one's own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the... | |
 | 1896 - 234 pages
...rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you...duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1897 - 482 pages
...rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you...duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1898 - 144 pages
...rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because...they know what is your duty better than you know it. JJt is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our... | |
 | 1898 - 404 pages
...substantially the philosophy that Emerson voices in the following words: "It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he that in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." In the transition... | |
 | Victor Charbonnel - 1899 - 386 pages
...rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder, because...better than you know it. It is easy, in the world, to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy, in solitude, to live after our own ; but the great... | |
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