Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The secret in...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The secret in...

The secret in education lies in respecting the student.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The imbecility of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The imbecility of...

The imbecility of men is always inviting the impudence of power.

Source: In Correct...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is nothing...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is nothing...

There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The surest poison...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The surest poison...

The surest poison is time.

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

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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 secret of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The secret of...

The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.

Source: In Instant Quotation...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The less a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The less a...

The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is really...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is really...

There is really no insurmountable barrier save your own inherent weakness of purpose.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The virtue in...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The virtue in...

The virtue in most request is conformity.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The mark of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The mark of...

The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The studious class...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The studious class...

The studious class are their own victims: they are thin and pale, their feet are cold, their heads are hot, the night...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The life of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The life of...

The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is something...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: There is something...

There is something servile in the habit of seeking after a law which we must obey.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The virtues of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The virtues of...

The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The martyr cannot...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The martyr cannot...

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The things taught...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The things taught...

The things taught in colleges and schools are not an eduction, but the means of education.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The mind does...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The mind does...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Things said for...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Things said for...

Things said for conversation are chalk eggs. Don't say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The whole of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The whole of...

The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; every...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The measure of...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The measure of...

The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men round to his opinion twenty years...

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