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The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. -
1.04kA man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days. -
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As soon as there is life there is danger. -
1.01kA foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. -
1.05kIt 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. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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... -
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In every work of genius we see our own rejected thoughts. -
713These times of ours are series and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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These times of ours are series and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger. -
780Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner. -
745The bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from an intellectual source is the belief in a brute Fate or Destiny. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from an intellectual source is the belief in a brute Fate or Destiny. -
734Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. -
798In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity. -
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Every artist was first an amateur. -
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Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. -
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The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence. -
815When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart. -
817Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know. -
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Whatever limits us, we call Fate. -
721Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great. -
723The key to every man is his thought.... He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The key to every man is his thought.... He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own. -
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To be great is to be misunderstood.