Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes - page 42

A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of culture. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his fortune, and only cares that the world shall last his days. View quote
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The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time. View quote
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The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape. View quote
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The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land. View quote
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The less government we have the better. View quote
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We take care of our health we lay up money we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting in the best property of allfriends. View quote
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In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their own creed and yours whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all the religions of humanity. View quote
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Fame is proof that the people are gullible. View quote
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Art is the path of the creator to his work. View quote
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No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, there can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage. View quote
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Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said. View quote
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Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened. View quote
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If you would not be known to do anything, never do it. View quote
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Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is the triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it. View quote
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Every man is an impossibility until he is born. View quote
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No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also. View quote
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When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers. View quote
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Do what we can, summer will have its flies. View quote
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Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Courage consists in equality to the problem before us. View quote
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Religion is as effectually destroyed by bigotry as by indifference. View quote
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I pay the schoolmaster, but tis the school boys that educate my son. View quote
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Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within. View quote
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Occupation: American Philosopher
Born: May 25, 1803
Died: April 27, 1882
Quotes count: 1647
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