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You will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know 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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Massachusetts
R. W. Emerson
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I wish that friendship should have feet, as well as eyes and eloquence. It must plant itself on the ground, before it vaults overthe moon. I wish it to be a little of a citizen, before it is quite a cherub.
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Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and that state of the mind can only be described by presenting that natural appearance as its picture.
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It does not hurt weak eyes to look into beautiful eyes never so long.
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Do not follow where the path may lead.
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Say, what other metre is it Than the meeting of the eyes? Nature poureth into nature Through the channels of that feature Riding on the ray of sight, Fleeter far than whirlwinds go, Or for service, or delight, Hearts to hearts their meaning show.
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Love is like a hunter, who cares not for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most intense and breathless eagerness. Love is strongest in pursuit friendship in possession.
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Neither is life long enough for friendship. That is a serious and majestic affair.
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Tis weak and vicious people who cast the blame on Fate. The right use of Fate is to bring up our conduct to the loftiness of nature.
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Every man is an infinitely repelling orb, and holds his individual being on that condition.
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Nature encourages no looseness pardons no errors.
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The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.
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The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.
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When a dog is chasing after you, whistle for him.
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What I need is someone who will make me do what I can.
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The god or hero of the sculptor is always represented in a transition from that which is representable to the senses, to that which is not.
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