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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: The sky is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The sky is...

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

Source: Journal, vol. 6, 1911; entry for 25...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The world is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The world is...

The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Want is a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Want is a...

Want is a growing giant whom the coat of Have was never large enough to cover.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Works of great...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Works of great...

Works of great intellect are great only by comparison with each other.

Source: In...

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G K Chesterton: `The Christian ideal,'...

G K Chesterton: `The Christian ideal,'...

`The Christian ideal,' it is said, `has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Oh man! There...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Oh man! There...

Oh man! There is no planet sun or star could hold you, if you but knew what you are.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: No orator can...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: No orator can...

No orator can top the one who can give good nicknames.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mark Twain: At bottom he...

Mark Twain: At bottom he...

At bottom he [Carlyle] was probably fond of them [the Americans], but he was always able to conceal...

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Mark Twain: Have a place...

Mark Twain: Have a place...

Have a place for everything and keep the things somewheres else. That is not advice, it is merely...

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Mark Twain: He liked to...

Mark Twain: He liked to...

He liked to like people, therefore people liked him.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Mark Twain: The master minds...

Mark Twain: The master minds...

The master minds of all nations, in all ages, have sprung in affluent multitude from the mass of the nation, and from...

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Mark Twain: There are people...

Mark Twain: There are people...

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one: keep from telling their happinesses to the...

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Mark Twain: The secret source...

Mark Twain: The secret source...

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.

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Mark Twain: There isn't a...

Mark Twain: There isn't a...

There isn't a single human characteristic that can be safely labeled as American.

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Mark Twain: Twenty years from...

Mark Twain: Twenty years from...

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So...

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Mark Twain: We ought never...

Mark Twain: We ought never...

We ought never to do wrong when people are looking.

Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov...

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Mark Twain: Who is this...

Mark Twain: Who is this...

Who is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable...

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Mark Twain: Wit, by itself,...

Mark Twain: Wit, by itself,...

Wit, by itself, is of little account. It becomes a moment only when grounded on wisdom.

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George Eliot: Human beings must...

George Eliot: Human beings must...

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

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