Ralph Waldo Emerson Beer Quotations

Ah Fate, cannot a man Be wise without a beard? East, West, from Beer to Dan, Say, was it never heard That wisdom might in youth be gotten, Or wit be ripe before 't was rotten?

The secret of drunkenness is, that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in feeling.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as he loves vegetation.

Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.

In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.