Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"Four snakes gliding up and down a hollow for no purpose that I could see - not to eat, not for love, but only gliding."
Gliding quotes
13 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"Four snakes gliding up and down a hollow for no purpose that I could see - not to eat, not for love, but only gliding."
"Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve."
"May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love river and woodland."
"Our lives are rivers, gliding free to that unfathomed, boundless sea, the silent grave!"
"My comedy is like emotional hang-gliding."
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