The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. Autore: Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Quote More from Ralph Waldo Emerson “The days come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant party,…” “Virtues are in the popular estimate rather the exception than the rule.” “Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through unde…” “I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large so…”