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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Can we never...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Can we never...

Can we never extract the tapeworm of Europe from the brain of our countrymen?

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: As long as...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: As long as...

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Books are for...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Books are for...

Books are for nothing but to inspire.

Source: The American Scholar.
-- Ralph...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Blame is safer...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Blame is safer...

Blame is safer than praise.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Belief consists in...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Belief consists in...

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every man I...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every man I...

Every man I meet is in some way my superior, and I can learn from him.

Source: In...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Dear to us...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Dear to us...

Dear to us are those who love us. . . but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Democracy becomes a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Democracy becomes a...

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Source: Journal...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: I have heard...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: I have heard...

I have heard with admiring submission the experience of the lady who declared that the sense of being perfectly well...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Heaven sometimes hedges...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Heaven sometimes hedges...

Heaven sometimes hedges a rare character about with ungainliness and odium, as the burr that protects the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Knowledge exists to...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Knowledge exists to...

Knowledge exists to be imparted.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Knowledge is knowing...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Knowledge is knowing...

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Insist on yourself;...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Insist on yourself;...

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Men achieve a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Men achieve a...

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Source: In...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: Great intellects are...

Friedrich Nietzsche: Great intellects are...

Great intellects are skeptical.

Source: The Antichrist.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche,...

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Mahatma Gandhi: A coward is...

Mahatma Gandhi: A coward is...

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

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Mahatma Gandhi: The good man...

Mahatma Gandhi: The good man...

The good man is the friend of all living things.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Doug Horton: Smile, it's better...

Doug Horton: Smile, it's better...

Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Henry Ward Beecher: He who hunts...

Henry Ward Beecher: He who hunts...

He who hunts for flowers will finds flowers; and he who loves weeds will find weeds.

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Henry Ward Beecher: Gambling with cards...

Henry Ward Beecher: Gambling with cards...

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without giving an equivalent for...

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