Quote of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Most of the shadows of this...
Biography - Ralph Waldo Emerson:
American essayist, lecturer and poet.
Born: 1803 - Died: 1882
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
Born: 1803 - Died: 1882
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United States
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in one's own sunshine.
Translation
(French)
See also...
Quotes about life:
Quotes for: shadow
Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Quotes about oneself:
Ralph Waldo Emerson also said...
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