 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
 | 1899 - 136 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... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 pages
...rule, equally arduous in actual and 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... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1900 - 638 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 will always find those who think they know what your duty is better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion : it... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 pages
...serve 48 for the whole distinction between greatness^ and meanness. It is the harder because you I will always find those who think they know | ,what is your duty better than you know it, I , (It is easy in the world to live after they world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live ',... | |
 | Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - 1901 - 398 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 will always find those who think 160 they know what is your duty better than you know it. It is easy in the world to live after the... | |
 | 1901 - 542 pages
...life, may serve the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. 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 independence... | |
 | Chestine Gowdy - 1901 - 268 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 to live after one's own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence... | |
 | Lewis George Janes - 1901 - 200 pages
...in this way can the health and perpetuity of nations be assured. " 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... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - 1901 - 636 pages
...those who think they know what your duty is 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 your own ; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 66 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...think they know what is your duty better than you know it.f It is easy in fe world to live after the world's opinion^ [91 it is easy in solitude to live after... | |
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