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Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened.
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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When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.
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Natural religion supplies still all the facts which are disguised under the dogma of popular creeds. The progress of religion is steadily to its identity with morals.
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Good criticism is very rare and always precious.
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Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence and wisdom.
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If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?
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