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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we...

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy,...

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy,...

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains...

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

To be simple is to be great

To be simple is to be great

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

There can be no high civility without a deep morality

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to...

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to...

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.