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George Eliot: To judge wisely,...

George Eliot: To judge wisely,...

To judge wisely, we must know how things appear to the unwise.

Source: In Webster's...

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George Eliot: That's what a...

George Eliot: That's what a...

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's...

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George Eliot: Men's men: gentle...

George Eliot: Men's men: gentle...

Men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness.

Source: Mrs. Girdle, in...

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Mark Twain: By trying we...

Mark Twain: By trying we...

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean.

Source:...

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G K Chesterton: For the great...

G K Chesterton: For the great...

For the great Gaels of Ireland
Are the men that God made mad,
For all their wars are merry,
And all their...

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G K Chesterton: If an angel...

G K Chesterton: If an angel...

If an angel out of heaven
Brings you other things to drink,
Thank him for his kind attentions,
Go and pour...

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G K Chesterton: There's no such...

G K Chesterton: There's no such...

There's no such thing as fighting on the winning side; one fights to find out which is the winning...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Traveling is a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Traveling is a...

Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We rail at...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We rail at...

We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We must set...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We must set...

We must set up a strong present tense against all rumors of wrath, past and to come.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: What your heart...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: What your heart...

What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We go to...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We go to...

We go to Europe to be Americanized.

Source: The Conduct of Life, Culture,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Why should we...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Why should we...

Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: That which we...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: That which we...

That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Some men are...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Some men are...

Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Adhere to your...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Adhere to your...

Adhere to your own act, and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant, and broken the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The value of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The value of...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

Source: In...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The invariable mark...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The invariable mark...

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

Source: In...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The office of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The office of...

The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances. He plies...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The foundations of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The foundations of...

The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.

Source: In The...

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