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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

Nature is endeared by the wooded path, but offended where too many tread.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

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

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

Fame is proof that people are gullible

Fame is proof that people are gullible

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider...

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experience.

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Power and speed be hands and feet.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...