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Ralph Waldo Emerson: It is easy...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: It is easy...

It is easy to live for others; everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: It is only...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: It is only...

It is only when the mind and character slumber that dress can be seen.

Source: In...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Language is fossil...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Language is fossil...

Language is fossil poetry.

Source: Essays, 'The Poet.'
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Knowledge comes by...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Knowledge comes by...

Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hands; and there is no knowledge that is not...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: In politics and...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: In politics and...

In politics and in trade, bruisers and pirates are of better promise than talkers and...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Let the stoics...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Let the stoics...

Let the stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory and the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nothing is more...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nothing is more...

Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.

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Henry David Thoreau: The greatest compliment...

Henry David Thoreau: The greatest compliment...

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked what I thought, and attended to my...

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Henry David Thoreau: We live thick...

Henry David Thoreau: We live thick...

We live thick and are in each other's way, and stumble over one another, and I think we thus lose some respect for one...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: There is pleasure...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: There is pleasure...

There is pleasure in calm remembrance of a past sorrow.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ronald Reagan: Anyone that's ever...

Ronald Reagan: Anyone that's ever...

Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never never gets done as soon as you wish it...

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Abraham Lincoln: The dogmas of...

Abraham Lincoln: The dogmas of...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present... we must think anew and act...

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Abraham Lincoln: I intend no...

Abraham Lincoln: I intend no...

I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be...

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Abraham Lincoln: Am I not...

Abraham Lincoln: Am I not...

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Abraham Lincoln: Upon the subject...

Abraham Lincoln: Upon the subject...

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view...

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Princess of Wales Diana: If you find...

Princess of Wales Diana: If you find...

If you find someone you love in your life, then hang on to that love.

Source: In...

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Winston Churchill: The nation will...

Winston Churchill: The nation will...

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the...

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Winston Churchill: At the bottom...

Winston Churchill: At the bottom...

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man walking into the little booth with a little...

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Winston Churchill: We shape our...

Winston Churchill: We shape our...

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

Source: In Time, 12 Sep 60
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Winston Churchill: The English never...

Winston Churchill: The English never...

The English never draw a line without blurring it.

Source: Speech, 16 Nov 1948, to...

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