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Ralph Waldo Emerson Inspirational Quotes (2363)

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A poem is made up of thoughts, each of which filled the whole sky of the poet in its turn.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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But we need not fear that we can lose any thing by the progress of the soul. The soul may be trusted to the end.
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All men plume themselves on the improvement of society, and no man improves.
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Meet your failure nobly, and it will not differ from success.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The gentleman is a man of truth.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Open the doors of opportunity to talent and virtue and they will do themselves justice, and property will not be in bad hands.
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Those who have ruled human destinies, like planets, for thousands of years, were not handsome men.
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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
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Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Nature never hurries: atom by atom, little by little, she achieves her work. The lesson one learns from yachting or planting is the manners of Nature patience with the delays of wind and sun, delays of the seasons, bad weather, excess or lack of water.
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Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? By the minority, surely.
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I do not speak with any fondness but the language of coolest history, when I say that Boston commands attention as the town whichwas appointed in the destiny of nations to lead the civilization of North America.
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Every man's nature is a sufficient advertisement to him of the character of his fellows.
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The interminable forests should become graceful parks, for use and delight.
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The President proclaims war, and those Senators who dissent are not those who know better, but those who can afford to...Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.
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I do not hesitate to read. all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable-any real insight or broad human sentiment.
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No man has ever had a point of pride that was not injurious to him.
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Do what you know and perception is converted into character.
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There is properly no history, only biography.
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The aspect of nature is devout. Like the figure of Jesus, she stands with bended head, and hands folded upon the breast. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.
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No orator can top the one who can give good nicknames.
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There are days when the great are near us, when there is no frown on their brow, no condescension even when they take us by the hand, and we share their thought.
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The best conversation is rare. Society seems to have agreed to treat fictions as realities, and realities as fictions and the simple lover of truth, especially if on very high grounds, as a religious or intellectual seeker, finds himself a stranger and alien.
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The universal does not attract us until housed in an individual.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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