All persons are puzzles until at last we find in some word or act the key to the man, to the woman; straightway all their past words and actions lie in light before us.


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

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

All persons are puzzles until at last we find in some word or act the key to the man, to the woman; straightway all their past words and actions lie...

All persons are puzzles until at last we find in some word or act the key to the man, to the woman; straightway all their past words and actions lie...

All persons are puzzles until at last we find in some word or act the key to the man, to the woman; straightway all their past words and actions lie...

All persons are puzzles until at last we find in some word or act the key to the man, to the woman; straightway all their past words and actions lie...