Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONPeople do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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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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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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Beauty without expression is boring.
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I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
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Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.
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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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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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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
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Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
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