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The aid we can give each other is only incidental, lateral, and sympathetic.
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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Self-love is, in almost all men, such an over-weight that they are incredulous of a man's habitual preference of the general good to his own but when they see it proved by sacrifices of ease, wealth, rank, and of life itself, there is no limit to their admiration.
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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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We aim above the mark to hit the mark.
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The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.
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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
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The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.
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He is great who confers the most benefits.
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Every stoic was a stoic but in Christendom where is the Christian?
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If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it at any rate, brag.
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Throw a stone into the stream and the ripples that propagate themselves are the beautiful type of all influence.
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The doctrine of Necessity or Destiny is the doctrine of Toleration.
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Instead of making Christianity a vehicle of truth, you make truth only a horse for Christianity.
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