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Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.
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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R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
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Very idle is all curiosity concerning other people's estimate of us, and all fear of remaining unknown is not less so.
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Pride eradicates all vices but itself.
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Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
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Be brave enough to do the loving thing.
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The uses of travel are occasional, and short but the best fruit it finds, when it finds it, is conversation and this is a main function of life.
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If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false statement I could never stay there five minutes. But why come out? The streetis as false as the church, and when I get to my house, or to my manners, or to my speech, I have not got away from the lie.
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The day is always his, who works in it with serenity and great aims.
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Every man's task [his 'great dream' and impassioned life-goal] is his life preserver.
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Style is only the frame to hold your thoughts. It is like the sash of a window if heavy, it will obscure the light.
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