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Ralph Waldo Emerson
The thirst for...
The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the...
The more reason,...
The more reason, the less government.
Source: Character, 1876.
-- Ralph Waldo...
This gives force...
This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance or original...
The wise know...
The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.
The only reward...
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
The three practical...
The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --
Never read a book that is not a year old.
Never...
The most dangerous...
The most dangerous thing is illusion.
Source: In
Thought is the...
Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
Source: In...
The wise through...
The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.
Source: Essays,...
The only right...
The only right is what is after my constitution; the only wrong is what is against it.
The walking of...
The walking of Man is falling forwards.
Source: In
The one thing...
The one thing in the world of value is the active soul.
Source: In Webster's...
Thoughts are the...
Thoughts are the seed of action.
Source: In The New Webster's Dictionary of...
The world belongs...
The world belongs to the energetic.
Source: In My Favorite Quotations, by Norman...
The only sin...
The only sin that we never forgive in each other is a difference in opinion.
The wise man,...
The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in...
The only prudence...
The only prudence in life is concentration.
Source: In
Time dissipates to...
Time dissipates to shining ether -- the solid angularity of facts.
Source: Essays, ...
The worst of...
The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving.
The pest of...
The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. It is a disease...