When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.


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

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.

When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.