Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is Latin names.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
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No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, 'Nature.'
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
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The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds us of others.
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The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
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Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
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Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.
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As we are, so we associate. The good, by affinity, seek the good; the vile, by affinity, the vile. Thus of their own volition, souls proceed into Heaven, into Hell.
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The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
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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.