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The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.
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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The passive master lent his hand, To the vast Soul which o'er him planned.
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As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man.
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The finest poems of the world have been expedients to get bread.
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Great country, diminutive minds. America is formless, has no terrible and no beautiful condensation.
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Find the journey's end in every step.
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The desire of gold is not for gold. It is not the love of much wheat, and wool and household stuff. It is the means of freedom and benefit.
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Nature, through all her kingdoms, insures herself.
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The pleasure of life is according to the man that lives it, and not according to the work or place.
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That which we do not call education is more precious than that which we call so.
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The soul lets no man go without some visitations and holy-days of a diviner presence.
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Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one Nothing is fair or good alone.
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Personal rights, universally the same, demand a government framed on the ratio of the census: property demands a government framedon the ratio of owners and of owning.
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The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy,--more formidable to its enemy, more sweet and serene in its influence to its friend, than any kingdom in history. For a man, rightly viewed, comprehendeth the particular natures of all men.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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My garden is a forest ledge Which older forest s bound The banks slope down to the blue lake-edge, Then plunge to depths profound!
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Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
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The religions we call false were once true.
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