Ralph Waldo Emerson Mouths Quotations

The word liberty in the mouth of Mr. Webster sounds like the word love in the mouth of a courtesan.

Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of me.

Whatever we think and say is wonderfully better for our spirits and trust in another mouth.

It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a companion than dully from a book.

Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.