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Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes - page 10
If the red slayer thinks he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways; I keep, and pass, and turn again.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best university that can be recommended to a man of ideas is the gauntlet of the mob.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A sect or a party is an elegant incognito, devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The highest compact we can make with our fellow is 'Let there be truth between us two forevermore.'
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbors creed has lent. All are needed by each one Nothing is fair or good alone.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Speak what you think today in words as hard as cannon-balls, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
For what avail the plough or sail Or land or life, if freedom fail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Out from the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine, are weak dilutions the surest poison is time.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
We all live amid surfaces, and the true art is to skate well on them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, 'If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-trust is the first secret to success.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
If the stars should appear just one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing is more simple than greatness indeed, to be simple is to be great.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wisdom is to finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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