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The reverence for the Scriptures is an element of civilization, for thus has the history of the world been preserved, and is preserved.
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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I am the owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain, Of Lord Christ's heart, and Shakespeare's strain.
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In these divine pleasures permitted to me of walks in the June night under moon and stars, I can put my life as a fact before me and stand aloof from its honor and shame.
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Sitting back in the evening, stargazing and stroking your dog, is an infallible remedy.
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We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count.
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Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind.
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Man sheds grief as his skin sheds rain.
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The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.
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Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.
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Some will always be above others. Destroy the inequality today, and it will appear again tomorrow.
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I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honeyed words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.
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You cannot make a cheap palace.
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[A]s if life were a thunder-storm wherein you can see by a flash the horizon, and then cannot see your hand.
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The person who screams, or uses the superlative degree, or converses with heat puts whole drawing-rooms to flight. If you wish to be loved, love measure.
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