Modern proverb: Life is a journey, not a destination (1920)

Garson O'Toole adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM
Sun Sep 2 01:15:50 UTC 2012


Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>
> What Emerson did say:
>
> To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road,
> to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.
>
> Moreover, in popular experience, everything good is on the highway.
>
> Essays, Second Series
> II Experience
> 1844

Thanks Dan. I will add this to the entry.

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