A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word just as good.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Quotation confesses inferiority.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good. 'Tis but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I unsettle all things.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


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In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


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It does not to dwell on dreams and forget to live, but it is equally foolish to ignore the past – never forget.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


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The student is to read history actively not passively.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Whatever course you decide upon there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires....courage.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Some of your griefs you have cured,
And the sharpest you still have survived,
But what torments of grief you've endured
From evils that never arrived.

Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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