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Whatever limits us we call fate.
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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The efforts which we make to escape from our destiny only serve to lead us into it.
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More than the diamond Koh-i-noor, which glitters among their crown jewels, they prize the dull pebble which is wiser than a man, whose poles turn themselves to the poles of the world, and whose axis is parallel to the axis of the world. Now, their toys are steam and galvanism.
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We walk alone in the world.
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Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.
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In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as the zodiac.
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Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.
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The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is.
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Life is too short to waste . . . 'Twill soon be dark Up! mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark!
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A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text.
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We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.
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All natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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'Well,' said Red Jacket [to someone complaining that he had not enough time], 'I suppose you have all there is.'
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The flowering of civilization is the finished man, the man of sense, of grace, of accomplishment, of social power--the gentleman.
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