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Artists must be sacrificed to their art.
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 whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded every sacrifice is made up every debt is paid.
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In the vaunted works of Art, The master-stroke is Nature's part.
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The height of the pinnacle is determined by the breadth of the base.
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To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same fields, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.
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The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land With little men.
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We are the children of many sires, and every drop of blood in us in its turn betrays its ancestor.
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A friend is the hope of the heart.
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The lord is the peasant that was, The peasant is the lord that shall be.
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I do not speak with any fondness but the language of coolest history, when I say that Boston commands attention as the town whichwas appointed in the destiny of nations to lead the civilization of North America.
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Men achieve a certain greatness unawares when working to another aim.
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He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself.
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Life is unnecessarily long. Moments of insight, of fine personal relation, a smile, a glance,--what ample borrowers of eternity they are!
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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[on Thoreau:] For not a particle of respect had he to the opinions of any man or body of men, but homage solely to truth itself.
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The charm of fine manners is music and sculpture and picture to many who do not pretend to appreciation of these arts.
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People wish to be settled only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.
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We are disgusted by gossip yet it is of importance to keep the angels in their proprieties.
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There are days when the great are near us, when there is no frown on their brow, no condescension even when they take us by the hand, and we share their thought.
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The merit claimed for the Anglican Church is that, if you let it alone, it will let you alone.
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What omniscience has music! So absolutely impersonal, and yet every sufferer feels his secret sorrow soothed.
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