Fear, when your friends say to you what you have done well, and say it through; but when they stand with uncertain timid looks of respect and half-dislike, and must suspend their judgement for years to come, you may begin to hope.


Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1820-1872 [1876] Ed (ed. 1911)


Fear, when your friends say to you what you have done well, and say it through; but when they stand with uncertain timid looks of respect and...

Fear, when your friends say to you what you have done well, and say it through; but when they stand with uncertain timid looks of respect and...

Fear, when your friends say to you what you have done well, and say it through; but when they stand with uncertain timid looks of respect and...

Fear, when your friends say to you what you have done well, and say it through; but when they stand with uncertain timid looks of respect and...