Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONWhen friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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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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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.
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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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The earth laughs in flowers.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
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Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
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