A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.


The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations (ed. 1866)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of...

A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of...

A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of...

A man's personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of...