"All history is but the lengthened shadow..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
More by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We must have kings, we must have nobles; nature is always providing such in every society; only let us have the real instead of the titular. In every society some are born to rule, and some to advise. The chief is the chief all the world over, only not his cap and plume. It is only this dislike of the pretender which makes men sometimes unjust to the true and finished man.”
“What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in.”
“The person who screams, or uses the superlative degree, or converses with heat puts whole drawing-rooms to flight. If you wish to be loved, love measure.”
More on History
“The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.”
“When I read that I had to go to Gettysburg.”
“In the days of Moses and the prophets such a man would have been counted among the wise men of the land; in the Middle Ages he would have been burned at the stake.”
More on Greatness
“In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.”
“Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being little. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. Modest humility is beauty's crown.”
“In the world there are four greats, and the king is one of them.”