Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes - page 5

The only sin which we never forgive in each other is difference of opinion. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. View quote
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Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. View quote
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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.' View quote
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A man builds a fine house and now he has a master, and a task for life he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days. View quote
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There is properly no history only biography. View quote
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day. View quote
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When it is dark enough, men see the stars. View quote
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God enters a private door into every individual. View quote
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All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen. View quote
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Never read a book that is not a year old. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. View quote
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The years teach us much the days never knew. View quote
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The louder he talked of his honor the faster we counted our spoons. View quote
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There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant. View quote
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It is easy to live for others; everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves. View quote
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He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others. View quote
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'Tis the good reader that makes the good book a good head cannot read amiss in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear. View quote
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The first wealth is health. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting. View quote
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We must be our own before we can be another's. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Some of your hurts you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived, But what torments of grief you endured From Evils which never arrived. View quote
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We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can. View quote
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Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. View quote
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Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door. View quote
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