Representative Men

“To be hurried away by every event is to have no political system at all.”

— Napoleon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, amazon.com

“Not blood-thirsty, but not sparing of blood.”

— Napoleon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, amazon.com

“The lesson he teaches is that which vigor always teaches—that there is room for it.”

— Napoleon, Ralph Waldo Emerson, amazon.com

“The nerves they are the man.”

— Cabanis, amazon.com

“Napoleon had 'two o'clock in the morning courage.' That's the type you need when caught off guard.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, amazon.com

“You must not fight too often with one enemy or you will teach him all your art at war.”

— Napoleon, amazon.com

“Things always bring their own philosophy with them, that is, prudence.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, amazon.com

“The cheapness of man is everyday's tragedy.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, amazon.com

“The words I and mine constitute ignorance.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, amazon.com

“When nature removes a great man, people explore the horizon for a successor; but none comes and none will. His glass is extinguished with him. In some other and quite different field, the next man will appear not Jefferson, not Franklin, but now a great salesman; then a road-contractor then a studen…”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson, amazon.com