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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

Consider what you have in the smallest chosen library: a company of the wisest and...

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

It is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself,...

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

All promise outruns performance.

All promise outruns performance.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always...

Every great crisis of human history is a pass of Thermopylae, and there is always...