Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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I saw men go up and down, In the country and the town, With this tablet on their neck,- 'Judgement and a judge we seek.' Not to monarchs they repair, Nor to learned jurist's chair; But they hurry to their peers, To their kinsfolk and their dears; Louder than with speech they pray,- 'What am I? companion, say.'
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Two may talk and one may hear, but three cannot take part in a conversation of the most sincere and searching sort.
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
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Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
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A nation never falls but by suicide.
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I am ashamed to see what a shallow village tale our so-called History is.
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Heroism feels and never reasons and therefore is always right.
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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
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America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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For what are they all, in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet?
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.
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Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.
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Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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The earth laughs in flowers.