Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

Would we codify the laws that should reign in households, and whose daily transgression annoys and mortifies us, and degrades our household life, we must adorn every day with sacrifices. Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.


Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson... (ed. 1876)


Would we codify the laws that should reign in households, and whose daily transgression annoys and mortifies us, and degrades our household life, we...

Would we codify the laws that should reign in households, and whose daily transgression annoys and mortifies us, and degrades our household life, we...

Would we codify the laws that should reign in households, and whose daily transgression annoys and mortifies us, and degrades our household life, we...

Would we codify the laws that should reign in households, and whose daily transgression annoys and mortifies us, and degrades our household life, we...