| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...people to live on a barren or on a rich soil ? 10. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect ; every defect...of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essays - 1841 - 324 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect ; every defect...of pleasure, has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect; every defect...of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect; every defect...of pleasure, has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect; every defect...of pleasure, has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly.... | |
| Parapsychology - 1848 - 424 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers or scorpions. , The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect; every defect...of pleasure, has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its violation with its life. For every grain of wit, there is a grain of folly.... | |
| Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect; every defect an excess. Every sweet has its sour ; every evil its good. Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure, has an equal penalty... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect ; every defect an excess. Every sweet has its sour ; every evil its good. Every faculty which is a receiver of pleasure, has an equal penalty... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect ; every defect...of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly.... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 356 pages
...breed fevers, crocodiles, tigers, or scorpions. The same dualism underlies the nature and condition of man. Every excess causes a defect ; every defect...of pleasure has an equal penalty put on its abuse. It is to answer for its moderation with its life. For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly.... | |
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