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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and...

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of...

As soon as there is life there is danger.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Reality is a sliding door.

Reality is a sliding door.

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path...

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Instead of focusing on all the bad, be thankful for all the good. Each day...

Instead of focusing on all the bad, be thankful for all the good. Each day...

Standing in the inspiring vision of my future, I boldly take every step - large...

Standing in the inspiring vision of my future, I boldly take every step - large...