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Ralph Waldo Emerson
The death of...
The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the...
That which we...
That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived...
The profoundest thought...
The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes...
The force of...
The force of character is cumulative.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...
Solvency is maintained...
Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, If you will not lend me the money, how can I...
The education of...
The education of the will is the object of our existence.
Source: Society and...
That which we...
That which we do not believe, we cannot adequately say; even though we may repeat the words ever so...
The question is,...
The question is, whether suicide is the way out or the way in.
Source: In Webster's...
The good lawyer...
The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his...
Some men are...
Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to...
The eye is...
The eye is easily frightened.
Source: In
The ancestor of...
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
The religions we...
The religions we call false were once true.
Source: Essays, 'Character.'
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The good rain,...
The good rain, like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.
Source: In
Some natures are...
Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.
Source: In
Adopt the pace...
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Source: In The Speaker's...
Beware when the...
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.
Source: Essays,...
Adhere to your...
Adhere to your own act, and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant, and broken the...
All great masters...
All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a...
A strenuous soul...
A strenuous soul hates cheap success.
Source: In