I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONA hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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The years teach much the days never know.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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We are always getting ready to live but never living.
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Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success.
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It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
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