Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

A man should not be a silkworm; nor a nation a tent of caterpillars.


The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life (ed. 1872)


A man should not be a silkworm; nor a nation a tent of caterpillars.

A man should not be a silkworm; nor a nation a tent of caterpillars.

A man should not be a silkworm; nor a nation a tent of caterpillars.

A man should not be a silkworm; nor a nation a tent of caterpillars.