Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, War Quotes, Lying Quotes

There are geniuses in trade as well as in war, or the state, or letters; and the reason why this or that man is fortunate is not to be told. It lies in the man: that is all anybody can tell you about it.

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Men over forty are no judges of a book written in a new spirit.

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We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action.

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The society of the energetic class, in their friendly and festive meetings, is full of courage, and of attempts, which intimidatethe pale scholar.

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Within, I do not find wrinkles and used heart, but unspent youth.

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But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow, and notlead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity; and that the form of government which prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it.

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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.

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Walking has the best value as gymnastics of the mind.

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The doctrine of Necessity or Destiny is the doctrine of Toleration.

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The whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible.

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Meek young men grow up in libraries.

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All great natures delight in stability; all great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties.

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Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in a better order, in timeliness, in being at the right spot.

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Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real; perhaps they are.

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Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I have enjoyed perfect exhilaration. I am glad to the brink of fear.

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He is a good man who can receive a gift well.

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A cheerful intelligent face is the end of culture, and success enough. For it indicates the purpose of Nature and wisdom attained.

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Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst...They are for nothing but to inspire.

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I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River, when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my books in originals, when I have them rendered for me in my mother tongue.

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Underneath the inharmonious and trivial particulars, is a musical perfection, the Ideal journeying always with us, the heaven without rent or seam.

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