 A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ;...  Essays - Page 107by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 138 pages
...from this engineer, or a chemical discovery from that jobber. AUGUST AUGUST FIRST THE wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is...would triumph, lo ! he has passed on invulnerable. COMPENSATION AUGUST SECOND For this is love's nobility, Not to scatter bread and gold, Goods and raiment... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson - 1906 - 280 pages
...upon us unseasonably, tactlessly, or harshly, we are not the less interested in it. Emerson says : "The wise man throws himself on the side of his assailants....interest than it is theirs to find his weak point." The discipline of the disagreeable is far too precious to be rejected. In some of the training colleges... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1906 - 50 pages
...something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...something ; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts ; learns his ignorance ; is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man throws 15 himself on the side of his assailants.1 It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak... | |
 | 1908 - 218 pages
...something; he has been put on his wits — on his manhood; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The four years spent on this Hill have, undoubtedly, done more than any other four years in our lives to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Trine - 1908 - 90 pages
...something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts, learns his ignorance, is cured of the insanity of conceit, has got moderation and real skill." ['91 To love and to hold due reverence for all people and all things, but to stand in awe or fear of... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 512 pages
...ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is...him like a dead skin and when they would triumph, lo 1 he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 508 pages
...something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find... | |
 | 1909 - 540 pages
...something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood ; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit ; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find... | |
 | Rev. S. Pollock Linn - 1881 - 472 pages
...learn something. He has been put on his wits, but he has gained facts; he has learned his ignorance, he is cured of the insanity of conceit, has got moderation and real skill. Emerson. THE essence of true nobility is neglect of self. Let the thought of self pass in, and the... | |
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