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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Country United States
Born Wednesday, 25 May 1803
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Quotes 131

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Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet.

Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses. Uncategorized
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Uncategorized
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. Uncategorized
Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis. Uncategorized
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing. Uncategorized
Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today. Uncategorized
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Uncategorized
Hitch your wagon to a star. Uncategorized
The two parties which divide the state, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation, are very old, and have disputed the possession of the world ever since it was made. Uncategorized
Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance. Uncategorized
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. Uncategorized
Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word as to law, and faithful alike to God and man....such a man is a true gentleman. Uncategorized
When you strike at a king, you must kill him. Uncategorized
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. Uncategorized
We do what we must, and call it by the best names. Uncategorized
We all boil at different degrees. Uncategorized
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. Uncategorized
Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. Uncategorized
Tis the good reader that makes the good book. Uncategorized
Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes. Uncategorized

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