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Ralph Waldo Emerson: New York is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: New York is...

New York is a sucked orange.

Source: The Conduct of Life, Culture, 1860.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Necessity does everything...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Necessity does everything...

Necessity does everything well.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: No change of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: No change of...

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Source: In The...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: People wish to...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: People wish to...

People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for...

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Edmund Burke: I know of...

Edmund Burke: I know of...

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

Source: In The...

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Winston Churchill: [Playing golf is]...

Winston Churchill: [Playing golf is]...

[Playing golf is] like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

Source:...

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Winston Churchill: Danger -- if...

Winston Churchill: Danger -- if...

Danger -- if you meet it promptly and without flinching -- you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from...

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WASHINGTONIAN, n. A...

WASHINGTONIAN, n. A...

WASHINGTONIAN, n. A Potomac tribesman who exchanged the privilege of governing himself for the advantage of good...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Perpetual modernness is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Perpetual modernness is...

Perpetual modernness is the measure of merit in every work of art.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Shall we then...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Shall we then...

Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely. 'Tis pedantry to estimate...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The poisons are...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The poisons are...

The poisons are our principal medicines, which kill the disease and save the life.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Solvency is maintained...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Solvency is maintained...

Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, If you will not lend me the money, how can I...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The question is,...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The question is,...

The question is, whether suicide is the way out or the way in.

Source: In Webster's...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Speech is power:...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Speech is power:...

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The hearing ear...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The hearing ear...

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The man who...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The man who...

The man who can make hard things easy is the educator.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The craft of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The craft of...

The craft of the merchant is this bringing a thing where it abounds to where it is costly.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The ornament of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The ornament of...

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

Source: In Webster's...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The only thing...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The only thing...

The only thing grief as taught me is to know how shallow it is.

Source: In The...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The sea, washing...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The sea, washing...

The sea, washing the equator and the poles, offers its perilous aid, and the power and empire that follow it. . . . ...

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