The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men around to his opinion twenty years later. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Quote More from Ralph Waldo Emerson “Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.” “I appeal from your customs. I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer …” “Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er th…” “Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when…”