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No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it.
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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This very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.
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Truly speaking, it is not instruction, but provocation, that I can receive from another soul. What he announces, I must find true in me, or reject and on his word, or as his second, be he who he may, I can accept nothing.
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What matters most is not what is behind us or before us, but what is within us.
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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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Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
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To clothe the fiery thought In simple words succeeds, For still the craft of genius is To mask a king in weeds.
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My angel,-his name is Freedom,- Choose him to be your king He shall cut pathways east and west, And fend you with his wing.
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Men achieve a certain greatness unawares when working to another aim.
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Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
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