Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Children Quotes

Nature never rhymes her children, nor makes two men alike. When we see a great man, we fancy a resemblance to some historical person, and predict the sequel of his character and fortune, a result which he is sure to disappoint. None will ever solve the problem of his character according to our prejudice, but only in his high unprecedented way.

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In the hands of the discoverer, medicine becomes a heroic art . . wherever life is dear he is a demigod.

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Nature is a frugal mother, and never gives without measure. When she has work to do, she qualifies men for that and sends them equipped.

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Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to me are shame and fame.They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings; I am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.

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From Washington, proverbially "the city of distances," through all its cities, states, and territories, it is a country of beginnings, of projects, of designs, and expectations.

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Necessity does everything well. In our condition of universal dependence, it seems heroic to let the petitioner be the judge of his necessity, and to give all that is asked, though at great inconvenience.

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Each of us sees in others what we carry in our own hearts.

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A man is the prisoner of his power. A topical memory makes him an almanac; a talent for debate, disputant; skill to get money makes him a miser, that is, a beggar. Culture reduces these inflammations by invoking the aid of other powers against the dominant talent, and by appealing to the rank of powers. It watches success.

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You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.

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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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Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.

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Every materialist will be an idealist; but an idealist can never go backward to be a materialist.

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A house is made with walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.

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What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour?

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A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short.

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The height of the pinnacle is determined by the breadth of the base.

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Universally, the better gold the worse man. The political economist defies us to show any gold mine country that is traversed by good roads, or a shore where pearls are found on which good schools are erected.

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Let us advance on Chaos and the Dark

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In our fine arts, not imitation, but creation is the aim... The details, the prose of nature, he should omit, and give us only the spirit and splendour.

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We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery.

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