“ No love can be bound by oath or covenant to secure it against a higher love. ”
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Circles (1841). copy citation
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
|---|---|
| Source | Circles |
| Topic | love oath |
| Date | 1841 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | in "Essays: First Series" |
| Note | |
| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Essays:_First_Series/Circles |
Context
“This old age ought not to creep on a human mind. In nature every moment is new; the past is always swallowed and forgotten; the coming only is sacred. Nothing is secure but life, transition, the energizing spirit. No love can be bound by oath or covenant to secure it against a higher love. No truth so sublime but it may be trivial to-morrow in the light of new thoughts. People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.
Life is a series of surprises.”
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