Tag: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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America is another name for opportunity.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson