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As soon as there is life there is danger.
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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I am the owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain, Of Lord Christ's heart, and Shakespeare's strain.
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The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest.
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The two terrors that discourage creativity and creative living are fear of public opinion and undue reverence for one's own consistency.
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If we meet no gods, it is because we harbor none. If there is grandeur in you, you will find grandeur in porters and sweeps.
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Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions.
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Ah, if the rich were rich as the poor fancy riches.
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I must feel pride in my friend's accomplishments as if they were mine,--and a property in his virtues. I feel as warmly when he ispraised, as the lover when he hears applause of his engaged maiden.
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Thou art to me a delicious torment.
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Of the Shaker society, it was formerly a sort of proverb in the country, that they always sent the devil to market.
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He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments - is the rich and royal man.
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Frankness invites frankness.
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That which we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so.
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