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Out of sleeping a waking, Out of waking a sleep.
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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He needs no library, for he has not done thinking no church, for he is himself a prophet no statute book, for he hath the Lawgiver no money, for he is value itself no road, for he is at home where he is.
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The philosophy of waiting is sustained by all the oracles of the universe.
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Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each other.
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Imitation cannot go above its model.
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Tis a short sight to limit our faith in laws to those of gravity, of chemistry, of botany, and so forth.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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Every roof is agreeable to the eye, until it is lifted then we find tragedy and moaning women, and hard-eyed husbands.
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