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- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Many of the historical proverbs have a doubtful paternity."

Many of the historical proverbs have a doubtful paternity.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Whatever we think and say is wonderfully better for our spirits and trust in another mouth."

Whatever we think and say is wonderfully better for our spirits and trust in another mouth.




- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "When a man thinks happily, he finds no foot-track in the field he traverses. All spontaneous thought is irrespective of all else."

When a man thinks happily, he finds no foot-track in the field he traverses. All spontaneous thought is irrespective of all else.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "The divine gift is ever the instant life, which receives and uses and creates, and can well bury the old in the omnipotency with which Nature decomposes all her harvest for recomposition."

The divine gift is ever the instant life, which receives and uses and creates, and can well bury the old in the omnipotency with which Nature decomposes all her harvest for recomposition.




- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "[D]ivine Providence... keeps the universe open in every direction to the soul."

[D]ivine Providence... keeps the universe open in every direction to the soul.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "The brevity of human life gives a melancholy to the profession of the architect."

The brevity of human life gives a melancholy to the profession of the architect.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Tis the privilege of Art Thus to play its cheerful part, Man on earth to acclimate And bend the exile to his fate."

Tis the privilege of Art Thus to play its cheerful part, Man on earth to acclimate And bend the exile to his fate.




- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary."

Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Instead of making Christianity a vehicle of truth, you make truth only a horse for Christianity."

Instead of making Christianity a vehicle of truth, you make truth only a horse for Christianity.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Taking to pieces is the trade of those who cannot construct."

Taking to pieces is the trade of those who cannot construct.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "What is the city in which we sit here, but an aggregate of incongruous materials, which have obeyed the will of some man?"

What is the city in which we sit here, but an aggregate of incongruous materials, which have obeyed the will of some man?



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of culture."

A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of culture.




- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "What is civilization? I answer, the power of good women."

What is civilization? I answer, the power of good women.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "There is nothing we value and hunt and cultivate and strive to draw to us, but in some hour we turn and rend it."

There is nothing we value and hunt and cultivate and strive to draw to us, but in some hour we turn and rend it.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "My own mind is the direct revelation which I have from God and far least liable to mistake in telling his will of any revelation."

My own mind is the direct revelation which I have from God and far least liable to mistake in telling his will of any revelation.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads, just one year afterwards."

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads, just one year afterwards.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Life itself is ... a sleep within a sleep."

Life itself is ... a sleep within a sleep.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Ah, if the rich were rich as the poor fancy riches."

Ah, if the rich were rich as the poor fancy riches.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Our statute is a currency which we stamp with our own portrait."

Our statute is a currency which we stamp with our own portrait.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Love is the bright foreigner, the foreign self."

Love is the bright foreigner, the foreign self.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "The life of labor does not make men, but drudges."

The life of labor does not make men, but drudges.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "A poem, a sentence, causes us to see ourselves. I be, and I see my being, at the same time."

A poem, a sentence, causes us to see ourselves. I be, and I see my being, at the same time.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as the zodiac."

In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, and go as brave as the zodiac.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Between cultivated minds the first interview is the best."

Between cultivated minds the first interview is the best.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Europe extends to the Alleghenies; America lies beyond."

Europe extends to the Alleghenies; America lies beyond.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Genius has no taste for weaving sand."

Genius has no taste for weaving sand.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him."

The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats; Chambers of the great are jails, And head-winds right for royal sails."

The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats; Chambers of the great are jails, And head-winds right for royal sails.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Persecution readily knits friendship between its victims."

Persecution readily knits friendship between its victims.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Every noble activity makes room for itself."

Every noble activity makes room for itself.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "What omniscience has music! So absolutely impersonal, and yet every sufferer feels his secret sorrow soothed."

What omniscience has music! So absolutely impersonal, and yet every sufferer feels his secret sorrow soothed.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "The soul raised over passion beholds identity and eternal causation, perceives the self-existance of Truth and Right, and calms itself with knowing that all things go well."

The soul raised over passion beholds identity and eternal causation, perceives the self-existance of Truth and Right, and calms itself with knowing that all things go well.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Every man beholds his human condition with a degree of melancholy. As a ship aground is battered by the waves, so man, imprisonedin mortal life, lies open to the mercy of coming events."

Every man beholds his human condition with a degree of melancholy. As a ship aground is battered by the waves, so man, imprisonedin mortal life, lies open to the mercy of coming events.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Slavery it is that makes slavery; freedom, freedom. The slavery of women happened when the men were slaves of kings."

Slavery it is that makes slavery; freedom, freedom. The slavery of women happened when the men were slaves of kings.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men."

The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Beauty rests on necessities."

Beauty rests on necessities.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "All necessary truth is its own evidence."

All necessary truth is its own evidence.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "The merit claimed for the Anglican Church is that, if you let it alone, it will let you alone."

The merit claimed for the Anglican Church is that, if you let it alone, it will let you alone.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer."

A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes to ride, any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged feet, and serve him for a horse."

A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes to ride, any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged feet, and serve him for a horse.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong."

Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Man's actions are the picture book of his creeds."

Man's actions are the picture book of his creeds.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "The whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded; every sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid."

The whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded; every sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "Who shall forbid a wise skepticism, seeing that there is no practical question on which anything more than an approximate solution can be had?"

Who shall forbid a wise skepticism, seeing that there is no practical question on which anything more than an approximate solution can be had?



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "The lover is made happier by his love than the object of his affection."

The lover is made happier by his love than the object of his affection.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "You need not fear to handle the truth roughly. She is no invalid."

You need not fear to handle the truth roughly. She is no invalid.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "If a man fasten his attention on a single aspect of truth and apply himself to that alone for a long time, the truth becomes distorted and not itself but falsehood."

If a man fasten his attention on a single aspect of truth and apply himself to that alone for a long time, the truth becomes distorted and not itself but falsehood.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "The most tedious of all discourses are on the subject of the Supreme Being."

The most tedious of all discourses are on the subject of the Supreme Being.



- Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: "The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --/ Never read a book that is not a year old./ Never read any but the famed books./ Never read any but what you like."

The three practical rules, then, which I have to offer, are, --/ Never read a book that is not a year old./ Never read any but the famed books./ Never read any but what you like.