Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Character Quotes, Men Quotes

It is not what talents or genius a man has, but how he is to his talents, that constitutes friendship and character. The man thatstands by himself, the universe stands by him also.

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Miracle comes to the miraculous, not to the arithmetician.

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An artist spends himself like the crayon in his hand, till he is all gone.

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And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship.

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An answer in words is delusive; it is really no answer to the questions you ask.

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Illusion, Temperament, Succession, Surface, Surprise, Reality, Subjectiveness,--these are the threads on the loom of time, these are the lords of life.

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Flowers are the earth laughing.

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The terrors of the child are quite reasonable, and add to his loveliness; for his utter ignorance and weakness, and his enchanting indignation on such a small basis of capital compel every bystander to take his part.

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The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.

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As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.

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If you follow the suburban fashion in building a sumptuous- looking house for a little money, it will appear to all eyes as a cheap, dear house.

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Test of the poet is knowledge of love, For Eros is older than Saturn or Jove; Never was poet, of late or of yore, Who was not tremulous with love-lore.

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If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; at any rate, brag.

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Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.

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The cold, inconsiderate of persons, tingles your blood, benumbs your feet, freezes a man like an apple.

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Perception is a mirror not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward.

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It is contended that those who have been bred at Eton, Harrow, Rugby, and Westminster, that the public sentiment within each of those schools is high-toned and manly; that, in their playgrounds, courage is universally admired, meanness despised, manly feelings and generous conduct are encouraged: that an unwritten code of honor deals to the spoiled child of rank, and to the child of upstart wealth an even-handed justice, purges their nonsense out of both, and does all that can be done to make them gentlemen.

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We may be partial, but Fate is not.

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Character wants room; must not be crowded on by persons, nor be judged from glimpses got in the press of affairs, or on few occasions. It needs perspective, as a great building.

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No doubt, to a man of sense, travel offers advantages. As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man. A foreign country is a point of comparison, wherefrom to judge his own.

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