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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The never-ending task...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The never-ending task...

The never-ending task of self improvement . . .

Source: In The Book of Success, ed....

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is no...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is no...

There is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The search after...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The search after...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The mark of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The mark of...

The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The virtues of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The virtues of...

The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The wise through...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The wise through...

The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.

Source: Essays,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The worst of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The worst of...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The world always...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The world always...

The world always had the same bankrupt look, to foregoing ages as to us.

Source: In...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Truth is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Truth is the...

Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Universities are of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Universities are of...

Universities are of course hostile to geniuses, which, seeing and using ways of their own, discredit the routine: as...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: What forests of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: What forests of...

What forests of laurel we bring, and the tears of mankind, to those who stood firm against the opinion of their...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: When we quarrel,...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: When we quarrel,...

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless!

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Words are alive;...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Words are alive;...

Words are alive; cut them and they bleed.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Mark Twain: The highest perfection...

Mark Twain: The highest perfection...

The highest perfection of politeness is only a beautiful edifice, built, from the base to the dome, of ungraceful and...

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Mark Twain: There is no...

Mark Twain: There is no...

There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by ridicule, howsoever poor and...

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Mark Twain: There is nothing...

Mark Twain: There is nothing...

There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you're busy interrupting.

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Mark Twain: There's always something...

Mark Twain: There's always something...

There's always something about your success that displeases even your best friends.

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Mark Twain: There are many...

Mark Twain: There are many...

There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular is providence.

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Mark Twain: There was never...

Mark Twain: There was never...

There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity's mind and were willing to reveal...

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Mark Twain: Twenty years from...

Mark Twain: Twenty years from...

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So...

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