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The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.
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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Boston
Massachusetts
R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
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Beauty
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Truth
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To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.
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The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks.
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When we have broken our god of tradition, and ceased from our god of rhetoric, then may God fire the heart with His presence.
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I like people who like Plato.
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As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.
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