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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

Between stimulus and response is our greatest power - the freedom to choose

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

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...

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

Good men must not obey the laws too well.

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

All the thoughts of a turtle are turtle

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...

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic...

All diseases run into one, old age.

All diseases run into one, old age.

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...

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor...

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor...

We all boil at different degrees

We all boil at different degrees

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then...

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then...