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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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

You cannot see the mountain near

You cannot see the mountain near

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I...

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in...

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

If government knew how, I should like to see it check, not multiply, the population....

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.