Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Honor Quotes, Causes Quotes

Honor and fortune exist for him who always recognizes the neighborhood of the great, always feels himself in the presence of high causes.

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The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding.

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A nation will prosper to the degree that it honors it's teachers.

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Aristocracy's only an admission that certain traits which we call fine - courage and honor and beauty and all that sort of thing - can best be developed in a favorable environment, where you don't have the warpings of ignorance and necessity.

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The fewer men, the greater share of honor.

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Honour is a luxury for aristocrats, but it is a necessity for hall-porters.

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[On The Waste Land:] Various critics have done me the honor to interpret the poem in terms of criticism of the contemporary world, have considered it, indeed, as an important bit of social criticism. To me it was only the relief of a personal and wholly insignificant grouse against life; it is just a piece of rhythmical grumbling.

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He who prides himself upon wealth and honor hastens his own downfall.

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The due of honor in no point omit.

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[On The Waste Land:] Various critics have done me the honor to interpret the poem in terms of criticism of the contemporary world, have considered it, indeed, as an important bit of social criticism. To me it was only the relief of a personal and wholly insignificant grouse against life; it is just a piece of rhythmical grumbling.

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Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in the crowd asked how he liked it, and his reply was that if it wasn't for the honor of the thing, he would much rather walk.

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Because he (the Sage) demands no honor, he will never be dishonored.

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We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living

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The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort.

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The more honor, the more danger.

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Use every man according to his desert and who should 'scape whipping? Use them after your own honor and dignity, the less they deserve ... the more merit in your bounty.

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Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

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Renouncing the honors at which the world aims, I desire only to know the truth... and to the maximum of power, I exhort all other men to do the same.

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The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.

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The reverence for the deeds of our ancestors is a treacherous sentiment. Their merit was not to reverence the old, but to honor the present moment; and we falsely make them excuses of the very habit which they hated and defied.

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