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Henry Ward Beecher: The meanest, most...

Henry Ward Beecher: The meanest, most...

The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a...

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Boris Pasternak: Art always serves...

Boris Pasternak: Art always serves...

Art always serves beauty, and beauty is the joy of possessing form, and form is the key to organic life since no...

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Kingsley Amis: I sometimes feel...

Kingsley Amis: I sometimes feel...

I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of p?t? than any...

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Djuna Barnes: Well, isn't Bohemia...

Djuna Barnes: Well, isn't Bohemia...

Well, isn't Bohemia a place where everyone is as good as everyone else -- and must not a waiter be a little less than...

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Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

Djuna Barnes: Life is painful,...

Life is painful, nasty and short . . . in my case it has only been painful and nasty.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Health is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Health is the...

Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Do the thing...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Do the thing...

Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every man believes...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every man believes...

Every man believes he has a greater possibility.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every man is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every man is...

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every man alone...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Every man alone...

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Hospitality: a little...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Hospitality: a little...

Hospitality: a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet.

Source: In...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: God offers to...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: God offers to...

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: If a man...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: If a man...

If a man owns land, the land owns him.

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

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Gross and obscure...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Gross and obscure...

Gross and obscure natures, however decorated, seem impure shambles; but character gives splendor to youth, and awe to...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Harmony of aim,...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Harmony of aim,...

Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of a sympathetic life.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: If the stars...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: If the stars...

If the stars should appear just one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: If you believe...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: If you believe...

If you believe in fate, believe in it, at least, for your good.

Source: In Correct...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Imitation is suicide....

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Imitation is suicide....

Imitation is suicide.

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

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A great man...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A great man...

A great man stands on God. A small man on a great man.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A forte always...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A forte always...

A forte always makes a foible.

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

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