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Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All
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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Truth gathers itself spotless and unhurt after all our surrenders and concealments and partisanship never hurt by the treachery or ruin of its best defenders, whether Luther, or William Penn, or St. Paul.
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He, who loves the bristle of bayonets, only sees in their glitter what beforehand he feels in his hand.
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I hope in these days we have heard the last of conformity and consistency. Let the words be gazetted and ridiculous henceforward.Instead of the gong for dinner, let us hear a whistle from the Spartan fife.
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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
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The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be.
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Love is like wildflowers It's often found in the most unlikely places.
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One man pins me to the wall, while with another I walk among the stars
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Life wastes itself whilst we are preparing to live.
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God builds his temple in the heart on the ruins of churches and religions.
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