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Out of Plato come all things that are still written and debated about among men of thought.
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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Pines a thousand years old. Every year they must go farther for them: they recede, like beavers and Indians, before the white man.
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The good judge is not he who does hair-splitting justice to every allegation, but who, aiming at substantial justice, rules something intelligible of the guidance of suitors.
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It is the fine souls who serve us, and not what is called fine society. Fine society is only a self-protection against the vulgarities of the street and the tavern.
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We are of different opinions at different hours, but we always may be said to be at heart on the side of truth.
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Experience is the only teacher, and we get his lesson indifferently in any school.
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Divine persons are character born, or, to borrow a phrase from Napoleon, they are victory organized.
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If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular thing, and every thing, and every man.
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A friend is a person who goes around saying nice things about you behind your back.
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We want a state of things in which crime will not pay, a state of things which allows every man the largest liberty compatible with the liberty of every other man.
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When we can't piece together the puzzle of our own lives, remember the best view of a puzzle is from above. Let Him help put you together.
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To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.
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The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance.
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To live the greatest number of good hours is wisdom.
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The powers of the Soul are commensurate with its needs.
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