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William Shakespeare: And now what...

William Shakespeare: And now what...

And now what rests but that we spend the time
With stately triumphs, mirthful comic shows,
Such as befits the...

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William Shakespeare: The eagle suffers...

William Shakespeare: The eagle suffers...

The eagle suffers little birds to sing,
And is not careful what they mean thereby.


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Ralph Waldo Emerson: One ought never...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: One ought never...

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sorrow makes us...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sorrow makes us...

Sorrow makes us all children again, destroys all differences of intellect. The wisest knows...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: So far as...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: So far as...

So far as a person thinks; they are free.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: That which builds...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: That which builds...

That which builds is better than that which is built.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sunday is the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sunday is the...

Sunday is the core of our civilization, dedicated to thought and reverence.

Source:...

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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 never-ending task...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The never-ending task...

The never-ending task of self improvement . . .

Source: In The Book of Success, ed....

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The people are...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The people are...

The people are to be taken in small doses.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The intellectual man...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The intellectual man...

The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The wonder is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The wonder is...

The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.

Source: English Traits,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is also...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is also...

There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The torpid artist...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The torpid artist...

The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: This time, like...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: This time, like...

This time, like all times, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Valor consists in...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Valor consists in...

Valor consists in the power of self recovery.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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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 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 forget ourselves...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We forget ourselves...

We forget ourselves and our destinies in health, and the chief use of temporary sickness is to remind us of these...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: We boast our...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: We boast our...

We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of...

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