Waldo

Famous quotes containing the word waldo:

    The German intellect wants the French sprightliness, the fine practical understanding of the English, and the American adventure; but it has a certain probity, which never rests in a superficial performance, but asks steadily, To what end? A German public asks for a controlling sincerity.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    The world rolls round,—mistrust it not,—
    Befalls again what once befell;
    All things return, both sphere and mote,
    And I shall hear my bluebird’s note,
    And dream the dream of Auburn dell.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    Necessity does everything well. In our condition of universal dependence, it seems heroic to let the petitioner be the judge of his necessity, and to give all that is asked, though at great inconvenience.
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)