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The great poet makes us feel our own wealth, and then we think less of his compositions. His best communication to our mind is to teach us to despise all he has done.
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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The greatest discoveries are those that shed light unto ourselves.
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The scholar may lose himself in schools, in words, and become a pedant but when he comprehends his duties, he above all men is arealist, and converses with things.
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My evening visitors, if they cannot see the clock should find the time in my face.
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Tragedy is in the eye of the observer, and not in the heart of the sufferer.
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Men achieve a certain greatness unawares when working to another aim.
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The beautiful is never plentiful.
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