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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Whatever games are...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Whatever games are...

Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Whenever you are...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Whenever you are...

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Work and thou...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Work and thou...

Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether the work be fine or course, planting corn or writing epics, so only it...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Without ambition one...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Without ambition one...

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Work is victory....

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Work is victory....

Work is victory.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sincerity is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sincerity is the...

Sincerity is the luxury allowed, like diadems and authority, only to the highest rank. . . . Every man alone is...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The aristocrat is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The aristocrat is...

The aristocrat is the democrat ripe, and gone to seed.

Source: Representative Men,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The first wealth...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The first wealth...

The first wealth is health.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The glory of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The glory of...

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The studious class...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The studious class...

The studious class are their own victims: they are thin and pale, their feet are cold, their heads are hot, the night...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Things said for...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Things said for...

Things said for conversation are chalk eggs. Don't say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The wise know...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The wise know...

The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The only reward...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The only reward...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The most dangerous...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The most dangerous...

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is no...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is no...

There is no eloquence without a man behind it.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is a...

There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth; it is the beginning of...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is always...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is always...

There is always room for a man of force, and he makes room for many.

Source: Power,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Thought makes every...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Thought makes every...

Thought makes every thing fit for use.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: To the dull...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: To the dull...

To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: To believe your...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: To believe your...

To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, - that is...

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