Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Tis the good...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Tis the good...

'Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The quality of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The quality of...

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze.

Source: In Instant...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The creation of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The creation of...

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Common sense is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Common sense is...

Common sense is the wick of the candle.

Source: Journals, 1845.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The louder he...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The louder he...

The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

Source: The...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A character is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A character is...

A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; -- read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A beautiful woman...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A beautiful woman...

A beautiful woman is a picture which drives all beholders nobly mad.

Source: In...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Tis very certain...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Tis very certain...

'Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Tis a rule...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Tis a rule...

'Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.

Source: Letters and Social Aims,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A cynic can...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A cynic can...

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A chief event...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A chief event...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A foolish consistency...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A foolish consistency...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A beautiful woman...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A beautiful woman...

A beautiful woman is a practical poet.

Source: Beauty.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Tis a superstition...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Tis a superstition...

'Tis a superstition to insist on a special diet. All is made at last of the same chemical...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A good indignation...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A good indignation...

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A child is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A child is...

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A friend is...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A friend is...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A certain awkwardness...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A certain awkwardness...

A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Friend may...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Friend may...

A Friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature.

Source: Essays,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: A great man...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: A great man...

A great man is always willing to be little.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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