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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Money is of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Money is of...

Money is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Preaching is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Preaching is the...

Preaching is the expression of moral sentiments applied to the duties of life.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Money often costs...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Money often costs...

Money often costs too much.

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

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: My chief want...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: My chief want...

My chief want in life is someone who shall make me do what I can.

Source: In...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature has made...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature has made...

Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Outside, among your...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Outside, among your...

Outside, among your fellows, among strangers, you must preserve appearances, a hundred things you cannot do, but...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Talent alone cannot...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Talent alone cannot...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a personality which, by birth and quality, is...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: No matter how...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: No matter how...

No matter how often you are defeated, you are born to victory.

Source: In The...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: People wish to...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: People wish to...

People wish to be settled. It is only as far as they are unsettled that there is any hope for...

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Mark Twain: Habit is habit,...

Mark Twain: Habit is habit,...

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a...

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Mark Twain: Thousands of geniuses...

Mark Twain: Thousands of geniuses...

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered -- either by themselves or by others.

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Mark Twain: Let us be...

Mark Twain: Let us be...

Let us be grateful to Adam, our benefactor. He cut us out of the blessing of idleness and won for us the curse of...

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Mark Twain: The true charm...

Mark Twain: The true charm...

The true charm of pedestrianism does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking. The walking is...

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Mark Twain: A good memory...

Mark Twain: A good memory...

A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to...

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Mark Twain: A hypocritical Boston...

Mark Twain: A hypocritical Boston...

A hypocritical Boston tycoon once told Mark Twain, 'Before I die I mean to make a pilgrimage to the top of Mount...

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Mark Twain: God puts something...

Mark Twain: God puts something...

God puts something good and something lovable in every man His hands create.

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Mark Twain: He had had...

Mark Twain: He had had...

He had had much experience of physicians, and said, the only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want,...

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Mark Twain: He has been...

Mark Twain: He has been...

He has been a doctor a year now and has had two patients, no, three, I think -- yes, it was three; I attended their...

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Mark Twain: I am prepared...

Mark Twain: I am prepared...

I am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another...

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Mark Twain: I could have...

Mark Twain: I could have...

I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented...

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