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America is another name for opportunity.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
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The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.
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The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest.
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The secret of drunkenness is, that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in feeling.
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
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Tis weak and vicious people who cast the blame on Fate. The right use of Fate is to bring up our conduct to the loftiness of nature.
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The aristocrat is the democrat ripe, and gone to seed.
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The charm of the best courages is that they are inventions, inspirations, flashes of genius.
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We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.
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The genius of life is friendly to the noble, and, in the dark, brings them friends from far.
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Give me wine to wash me clean of the weather-stains of cares
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Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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Draw, if thou canst, the mystic line, Severing rightly his from thine, Which is human, which divine.
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By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.
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