Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes About Purity

• When a whole nation is roaring patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and the purity of its heart.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Heart, Hands, Voice

  Journal, 10 Dec. 1824

• Pure by impure is not seen.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Purity, Pure

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1854). “Poems”, p.81

• Proverbs, words, and grammar inflections convey the public sense with more purity and precision, than the wisest individual.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Purity, Individual, Grammar

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.265, Harvard University Press

• Fashion understands itself; good-breeding and personal superiority of whatever country readily fraternize with those of every other. The chiefs of savage tribes have distinguished themselves in London and Paris, by the purity of their tournure.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Leadership, Country, Fashion

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Essays”, p.44, Xist Publishing

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