“Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We find delight in the beauty and
“We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The years teach much which the days
“The years teach much which the days never know.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Every known fact in natural science was
“Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Do the thing we fear, and death
“Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Life consists in what a man is
“Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Truth is handsomer than the affectation of
“Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A man is a god in ruins.
“A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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What is a weed? A plant whose
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Power and speed be hands and feet.
“Power and speed be hands and feet.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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