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Francis Bacon: There is in...

Francis Bacon: There is in...

There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise.

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Francis Bacon: Severity breedeth fear,...

Francis Bacon: Severity breedeth fear,...

Severity breedeth fear, but roughness breedeth hate. Even reproofs from authority ought to be grave and not...

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Francis Bacon: It is the...

Francis Bacon: It is the...

It is the true office of history to represent the events themselves, together with the counsels, and to leave the...

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Francis Bacon: Prosperity doth best...

Francis Bacon: Prosperity doth best...

Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.

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Francis Bacon: The remedy is...

Francis Bacon: The remedy is...

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Source: Essays, 'Of Seditions and...

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Francis Bacon: A man's nature...

Francis Bacon: A man's nature...

A man's nature runs either to herbs, or to weeds; therefore let him seasonably water the one, and destroy the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nothing astonishes men...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nothing astonishes men...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Source: Essays, ...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Prayer is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Prayer is the...

Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The eloquent man...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The eloquent man...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk with a certain...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Shallow men believe...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Shallow men believe...

Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at right...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: People see only...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: People see only...

People see only what they are prepared to see.

Source: Journals, 1863.
-- Ralph...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Reality is a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Reality is a...

Reality is a sliding door.

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

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The key to...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The key to...

The key to the age may be this, or that, or the other, as the young orators describe; the key to all ages is...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Pride ruined the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Pride ruined the...

Pride ruined the angels.

Source: The Sphinx.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, (May 25...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The attraction and...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The attraction and...

The attraction and superiority of California are in its days. It has better days & more of them, than any other...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sincerity is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sincerity is the...

Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The true poem...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The true poem...

The true poem is the poet's mind.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We are as...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We are as...

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

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Martin Luther King, Jr: Our lives begin...

Martin Luther King, Jr: Our lives begin...

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Source:...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: The arm of...

Martin Luther King, Jr: The arm of...

The arm of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

Source: In...

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