The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.


The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume II (ed. 1870)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.