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An action is the perfection and publication 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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R. W. Emerson
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I remember the thought which occurred to me when some ingenious and spiritual foreigners came to America, was, Have you been victimized in being brought hither?--or, prior to that, answer me this, Are you victimizable?
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Lose yourself in nature and find peace
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I am constrained every moment to acknowledge a higher origin for events than the will I call mine.
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A Gothic cathedral affirms that it was done by us and not done by us.
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One man pins me to the wall, while with another I walk among the stars
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Beware of jokes from which we go away hollow and ashamed.
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The finished man of the world must eat of every apple once.
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Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
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My life should be unique it should be an alms, a battle, a conquest, a medicine.
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Higher than the question of our duration is the question of our deserving. Immortality will come to such as are fit for it, and he would be a great soul in future must be a great soul now.
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I believe in Eternity. I can find Greece, Palestine, Italy, Spain, and the Islands, - the Genius and creative Principle of each and of all eras, in my own mind.
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Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.
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If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
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The genius of life is friendly to the noble, and, in the dark, brings them friends from far.
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When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.
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O Lord! Unhappy is the man whom man can make unhappy.
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That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character.
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Personal rights, universally the same, demand a government framed on the ratio of the census: property demands a government framedon the ratio of owners and of owning.
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In the first place, all books that get fairly into the vital air of the world were written by the successful class, by the affirming and advancing class, who utter what tens of thousands feel though they cannot say.
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