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Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best university that can be recommended to a man of ideas is the gauntlet of the mob. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A sect or a party is an elegant incognito, devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The highest compact we can make with our fellow is 'Let there be truth between us two forevermore.' View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech. View quote
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. View quote
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. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Give all to love Obey thy heart Friends, kindred, days, Estate, good fame, Plans, credit, and the Muse, Nothing refuse. (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. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
For what avail the plough or sail Or land or life, if freedom fail. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Out from the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine, are weak dilutions the surest poison is time. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
We all live amid surfaces, and the true art is to skate well on them. View quote
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. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-trust is the first secret to success. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Be not the slave of your own past ... plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
If the stars should appear just one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing is more simple than greatness indeed, to be simple is to be great. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind. View quote
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. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson