Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882Good bye, proud world! I’m going home;
Thou art not my friend; I am not thine.Poems (1847), Good-bye, st. 1- Representative Men (1850)
- Nature (1836), Beauty
- Society and Solitude (1870), Old Age
- Society and Solitude (1870), Books
- Letters and Social Aims (1876), Quotation and Originality
- Letters and Social Aims (1876), Poetry and Imagination
- The American Scholar (1837), par. 20
- Journal (April 12, 1834)
- Society and Solitude (1870), Domestic Life
- The Conduct of Life (1860), Behavior
- Society and Solitude (1870)
- The Conduct of Life (1860), Illusions
- Letters and Social Aims (1876), Quotation and Originality
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.
English Traits (1856), Race
