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0eb0cc2 Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great. Ralph Waldo Emerson
0e21590 Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself whilst we are preparing to live. Ralph Waldo Emerson
b97783f Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Ralph Waldo Emerson
558d0ad Nature abhors the old, and old age seems the only disease; all others run into this one. Ralph Waldo Emerson
16ac50a People wish to be settled; only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
4060be9 Circles, like the soul, are neverending and turn round and round without a stop Ralph Waldo Emerson
8af2092 Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing. Ralph Waldo Emerson
2099a3d We are symbols, and inhabit symbols. Ralph Waldo Emerson
00db09f Language is the archives of history ... Language is fossil poetry. Ralph Waldo Emerson
df04a59 Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in. Ralph Waldo Emerson
f6fba9c We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can. Ralph Waldo Emerson
1c2dc7c We live amid surfaces, and the true art of life is to skate well on them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
108436b Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
8a90517 The years teach much which the days never know. Ralph Waldo Emerson
6b0a056 The only gift is a portion of thyself. Ralph Waldo Emerson
0f70b39 Good-bye, proud world! I'm going home: Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine. Ralph Waldo Emerson
b13cb93 For what are they all, in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet? Ralph Waldo Emerson
07284a4 There are two laws discrete Law for man, and law for thing. Ralph Waldo Emerson
0969763 Hast thou named all the birds without a gun; Loved the wood-rose, and left it on its stalk. Ralph Waldo Emerson
89c5d11 Not from a vain or shallow thought His awful Jove young Phidias brought. Ralph Waldo Emerson
b26d9e5 Out from the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old. Ralph Waldo Emerson
0351b90 Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone. Ralph Waldo Emerson
97855bc The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. Ralph Waldo Emerson
9410969 He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds us of others. Ralph Waldo Emerson
4064ac0 Great geniuses have the shortest biographies. Ralph Waldo Emerson
b513cb7 Keep cool: it will be all one a hundred years hence. Ralph Waldo Emerson
9a2f1d6 Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
a9ca990 Men are what their mothers made them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
3b8f7b2 Whatever limits us we call Fate. Ralph Waldo Emerson
332c95d Nature magically suits the man to his fortunes, by making these the fruit of his character. Ralph Waldo Emerson
243b8c3 That what we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us. Ralph Waldo Emerson
ee4df56 All the great speakers were bad speakers at first. Ralph Waldo Emerson
65f71e6 As there is a use in medicine for poisons, so the world cannot move without rogues. Ralph Waldo Emerson
14900bf The world is his, who has money to go over it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
33e65ac Art is a jealous mistress. Ralph Waldo Emerson
55616d4 If a man own land, the land owns him. Ralph Waldo Emerson
c534eeb You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Ralph Waldo Emerson
dc4543a Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend. Ralph Waldo Emerson
c35e343 The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men round to his opinion twenty years later. Ralph Waldo Emerson
dbdec51 The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. Ralph Waldo Emerson
f4d66b3 We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples. Ralph Waldo Emerson
0f3484d The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. Ralph Waldo Emerson
b923044 Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances...Strong men believe in cause and effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson
414a985 Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can. Ralph Waldo Emerson