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Ralph Waldo Emerson: It is easy...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: It is easy...

It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: If you would...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: If you would...

If you would rule the world quietly, you must keep it amused.

Source: In Webster's...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Language is fossil...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Language is fossil...

Language is fossil poetry.

Source: Essays, 'The Poet.'
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: In nature nothing...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: In nature nothing...

In nature nothing can be given. All things are sold.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Let us treat...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Let us treat...

Let us treat the men and women well: treat them as if they were real: perhaps they are.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Let us be...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Let us be...

Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Life is a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Life is a...

Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Men love to...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Men love to...

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Source: Society and Solitude,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Many time the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Many time the...

Many time the reading of a book has made the future of a man.

Source: In Webster's...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Never lose an...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Never lose an...

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Our spontaneous action...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Our spontaneous action...

Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: No man should...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: No man should...

No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes...

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Boris Pasternak: Art always serves...

Boris Pasternak: Art always serves...

Art always serves beauty, and beauty is the joy of possessing form, and form is the key to organic life since no...

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Kingsley Amis: It was no...

Kingsley Amis: It was no...

It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.

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Jim Rohn: The walls we...

Jim Rohn: The walls we...

The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

Source: In...

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Jim Rohn: Your philosophy determines...

Jim Rohn: Your philosophy determines...

Your philosophy determines whether you will go for the disciplines or continue the errors.

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Oscar Wilde: People sometimes inquire...

Oscar Wilde: People sometimes inquire...

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there...

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Oscar Wilde: Pray don't talk...

Oscar Wilde: Pray don't talk...

Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel...

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Oscar Wilde: All bad poetry...

Oscar Wilde: All bad poetry...

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be...

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Ogden Nash: Tell me, O...

Ogden Nash: Tell me, O...

Tell me, O Octopus, I begs,
Is those things arms, or is they legs?
I marvel at thee, Octopus; If I were thou,...

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