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Ralph Waldo Emerson Facts
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States. (1803 – 1882) |
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Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
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All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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Genius always finds itself a century too early.
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Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
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I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.
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Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.
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It is not length of life, but depth of life.
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.
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Money often costs too much.
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Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
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Nature hates calculators.
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
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The highest virtue is always against the law.
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
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To be great is to be misunderstood.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
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Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
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