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The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.
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
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In every landscape, the point of astonishment is the meeting of the sky and the earth, and that is seen from the first hillock aswell as from the top of the Alleghanies. The stars at night stoop down over the brownest, homeliest common, with all the spiritual magnificence which they shed on the Campagna, or on the marble deserts of Egypt.
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Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.
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Art is not to be found by touring to Egypt, China, or Peru if you cannot find it at your own door, you will never find it.
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It is the fine souls who serve us, and not what is called fine society. Fine society is only a self-protection against the vulgarities of the street and the tavern.
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We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected.
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Ever fresh the broad creation, A divine improvisation, From the heart of God proceeds, A single will, a million deeds.
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An answer in words is delusive it is really no answer to the questions you ask.
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Of immortality, the soul, when well employed, is incurious. It is so well, that it is sure that it will be well. It asks no questions of the Supreme Power.
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