Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes - page 52

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration has broken out in a great city, and no man knows what is safe, or where it will end. View quote
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When God lets loose a great thinker on this planet, then all things are at risk. There is not a piece of science, but its flank my be turned to-morrow nor any literary reputation, nor the so-called eternal names of fame, that may not be revised and condemned. View quote
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Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron. View quote
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Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself. View quote
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The passive master lent his hand, To the vast Soul which o'er him planned. View quote
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So far as a person thinks they are free. View quote
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There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world. View quote
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Outside, among your fellows, among strangers, you must preserve appearances, a hundred things you cannot do, but inside, the terrible freedom. View quote
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The finished man of the world must eat every apple once. View quote
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Thought makes every thing fit for use. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried. View quote
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New arts destroy the old. View quote
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New York is a sucked orange. View quote
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The city is recruited from the country. View quote
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A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune. View quote
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Necessity does everything well. View quote
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Civilization depends on morality. View quote
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The excellent is new forever. View quote
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A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat self-control is the rule. View quote
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A field cannot well be seen from within the field. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
I find that the Americans have no passions, they have appetites. View quote
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He who loves goodness harbors angels, reveres reverence, And lives with God. View quote
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Where there is no vision a people perish. View quote
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The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality. 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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