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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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Boston
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R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
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Test of the poet is knowledge of love, For Eros is older than Saturn or Jove Never was poet, of late or of yore, Who was not tremulous with love-lore.
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Let us, if we must have great actions, make our own so. All action is of infinite elasticity, and the least admits of being inflated with celestial air, until it eclipses the sun and moon.
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Many photographers think they are photographing nature when they are only caricaturing her.
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The student is to read history actively and not passively to esteem his own life the text, and books the commentary. Thus compelled, the muse of history will utter oracles as never to those who do not respect themselves.
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We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.
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Nature ever faithful is To such as trust her faithfulness.
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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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Genius is the power to labor better and more availably. Deserve thy genius: exalt it.
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