To be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false,--this is the mark and character of intelligence.


Essays; with preface by Thomas Carlyle (ed. 1841)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

To be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false,--this is the mark and character of intelligence.

To be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false,--this is the mark and character of intelligence.

To be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false,--this is the mark and character of intelligence.

To be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false,--this is the mark and character of intelligence.