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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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~ People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. ~
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~ To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. ~
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~ Every burned book enlightens the world. ~
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~ It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay. ~
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~ A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within. ~
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~ The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue. ~
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~ Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ~
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~ People are always getting ready to live but never living. ~
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~ No one has a prosperity so high and firm that two or three words can't dishearten it. ~
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~ Words are alive; cut them and they bleed. ~
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~ Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words ~
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~ Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man. ~
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~ Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment. ~
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~ Self-trust is the essence of heroism ~
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~ The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be common, nor the common heroic. ~
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