He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
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| Birth: | 25th May, 1803 |
| Death: | 27th April, 1882 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Essayist, Lecturer, Poet |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.
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