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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: A man is known by the books he reads.
         

A man is known by the books he reads.


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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.



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A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.



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When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.



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Beauty without expression tires.



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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.



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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.



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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.





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