Category: Ralph Waldo Emerson

April 19 Concord Monument Historical quotes July 4 Literature Poetry Ralph Waldo Emerson the shot heard round the world

“The shot heard round the world”

5 months ago
Robert Deis

The famous phrase “The shot heard round the world” was coined by American essayist, lecturer and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) in 1837. It’s the last line in the first…

Doris Day Everybody Loves a Lover July 21 Misquotes Music quotations Proverbial Sayings Ralph Waldo Emerson Richard Adler William Shakespeare

“Everybody loves a lover” (as Shakespeare never said)…

1 year ago
Robert Deis

On July 21, 1958, a week after being released, Doris Day’s recording of the song “Everybody Loves a Lover” entered the Billboard Top 40. The 45 RPM single, issued by…

Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau July 23 July 24 Political quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson Walden War quotes Why are you not here?

“Why are you not here?” – Thoreau’s famous (apocryphal) question to Emerson…

2 years ago
Robert Deis

Fake quotes are sometimes harder to identify and debunk than “fake news,” especially when they are cited by hundreds of books and thousands of websites. A good example is the…