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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Envy is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Envy is the...

Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Eloquence is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Eloquence is the...

Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: He who would...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: He who would...

He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: How much of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: How much of...

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every wall is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every wall is...

Every wall is a door.

Source: From Journey in Word, ed. Cyndi Craven.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Fate is nothing...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Fate is nothing...

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Source: In...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Gross and obscure...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Gross and obscure...

Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Harmony of aim,...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Harmony of aim,...

Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of a sympathetic life.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: If a man...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: If a man...

If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes...

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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: Language is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Language is the...

Language is the archives of history.

Source: Essays, The Poet (Second Series),...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Law rules throughout...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Law rules throughout...

Law rules throughout existence, a Law which is not intelligent, but Intelligence.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Light is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Light is the...

Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it...

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Louisa May Alcott: I am not...

Louisa May Alcott: I am not...

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Source:
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George Eliot: When we get...

George Eliot: When we get...

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and...

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George Eliot: No evil dooms...

George Eliot: No evil dooms...

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape...

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George Eliot: Our impartiality is...

George Eliot: Our impartiality is...

Our impartiality is kept for abstract merit and demerit, which none of us ever saw.

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George Eliot: There is no...

George Eliot: There is no...

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

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George Eliot: He was like...

George Eliot: He was like...

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

Source: Adam...

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George Eliot: Truth has rough...

George Eliot: Truth has rough...

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

Source: Graf Dornberg, in Armgart,...

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