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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Beware when the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Beware when the...

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

Source: Essays,...

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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 angels are...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The angels are...

The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spoken in heaven, that they will not distort their lips with the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The less government...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The less government...

The less government we have the better.

Source: From Charades, an internet...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The best lightning...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The best lightning...

The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

Source: In The...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The most advanced...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The most advanced...

The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.

Source: Society...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The things taught...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The things taught...

The things taught in colleges and schools are not an eduction, but the means of education.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The thirst for...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The thirst for...

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The more reason,...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The more reason,...

The more reason, the less government.

Source: Character, 1876.
-- Ralph Waldo...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The three practical...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The three practical...

The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --
Never read a book that is not a year old.
Never...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The only right...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The only right...

The only right is what is after my constitution; the only wrong is what is against it.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The reason why...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The reason why...

The reason why men do not obey us is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: To map out...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: To map out...

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The world we...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The world we...

The world we live in is but thickened light.

Source: Lectures & Biographical...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The secret of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The secret of...

The secret of drunkenness is, that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: There are three...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: There are three...

There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is no...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is no...

There is no way to success in art but to take off your coat, grind paint, and work like a digger on the railroad, all...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We ascribe beauty...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We ascribe beauty...

We ascribe beauty to that which is simple; which has no superfluous parts; which exactly answers its end; which stands...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We are wiser...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We are wiser...

We are wiser than we know.

Source: Essays, The Over-Soul.'
-- Ralph Waldo...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We learn geology...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We learn geology...

We learn geology the morning after the earthquake.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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