"She shows us only surfaces, but she..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
She shows us only surfaces, but she is million-fathoms deep.
More by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail.”
“Money often costs too much, and power and pleasure are not cheap.”
“No doubt, to a man of sense, travel offers advantages. As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man. A foreign country is a point of comparison, wherefrom to judge his own.”
More on Depth
“Shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. The loves and sorrows that are great are destroyed by their own plenitude.”
“People who comprehend a thing to its very depths rarely stay faithful to it forever. For they have brought its depths into the light of day: and in the depths there is always much that is unpleasant to see.”
“The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.”
More on Appearance
“I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher.”
“It is pointless for a woman to be young unless pretty, or to be pretty unless young.”
“The ignorant are afraid to betray surprise or admiration...they think it ill manners.”