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Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare.

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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Boston
Massachusetts
R. W. Emerson
Waldo Emerson
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The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
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Society cannot do without cultivated men. As soon as the first wants are satisfied, the higher wants become imperative.
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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But genius looks forward: the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates.
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The greatest discoveries are those that shed light unto ourselves.
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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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Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.
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The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart.
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A state of war or anarchy, in which law has little force, is so far valuable, that it puts every man on trial. The man of principle is known as such, and even in the fury of faction is respected.
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Far or forgot to me is near Shadow and sunlight are the same The vanished gods to me appear And one to me are shame and fame.They reckon ill who leave me out When me they fly, I am the wings I am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.
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The mind will quote whether the tongue does or not.
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