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title: "26 Class Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson"
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> [Society has really no graver interest than the well-being of the literary class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/society-has-really-no-graver-interest-than-the-well-being-of-the/)

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> [All great men come out of the middle classes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/all-great-men-come-out-of-the-middle-classes/)

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> [When the literary class betray a destitution of faith, it is not strange that society should be disheartened and sensualized by unbelief.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/when-the-literary-class-betray-a-destitution-of-faith-it-is-not/)

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> [The society of the energetic class, in their friendly and festive meetings, is full of courage, and of attempts, which intimidatethe pale…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-society-of-the-energetic-class-in-their-friendly-and-festive/)

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> [History is full, down to this day, of the imbecility of kings and governors. They are a class of persons much to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/history-is-full-down-to-this-day-of-the-imbecility-of-kings-and/)

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> [There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-are-two-classes-of-poets-the-poets-by-education-and-practice/)

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> [The affirmative class monopolize the homage of mankind. They originate and execute all the great feats. What a force was coiled upin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-affirmative-class-monopolize-the-homage-of-mankind-they-originate/)

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> [English history is aristocracy with the doors open. Who has courage and faculty, let him come in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/english-history-is-aristocracy-with-the-doors-open-who-has-courage/)

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> [Much of the wisdom of the world is not wisdom, and the most illuminated class of men are no doubt superior to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/much-of-the-wisdom-of-the-world-is-not-wisdom-and-the-most/)

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> [Mankind divides itself into two classes,--benefactors and malefactors. The second class is vast; the first a handful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/mankind-divides-itself-into-two-classes-benefactors-and-malefactors/)

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> [In every company, there is not only the active and passive sex, but, in both men and women, a deeper and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-every-company-there-is-not-only-the-active-and-passive-sex-but-in/)

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> [It is the dissenter, the theorist, the aspirant, who is quitting this ancient domain to embark on seas of adventure, who engages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/it-is-the-dissenter-the-theorist-the-aspirant-who-is-quitting-this/)

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> [Many a reformer perishes in his removal of rubbish,--and that makes the offensiveness of the class. They are partial; they are notequal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/many-a-reformer-perishes-in-his-removal-of-rubbish-and-that-makes-the/)

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> [The cities drain the country of the best part of its population: the flower of the youth, of both sexes, goes into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-cities-drain-the-country-of-the-best-part-of-its-population-the/)

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> [When nature removes a great man, people explore the horizon for a successor; but none comes, and none will. His class is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/when-nature-removes-a-great-man-people-explore-the-horizon-for-a/)

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> [No nation has produced anything like his equal. There is no quality in the human mind, there is no class of topics,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-nation-has-produced-anything-like-his-equal-there-is-no-quality-in/)

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> [Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the bookworm. Hence, the book-learned class, who value books, as such; not as related to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/hence-instead-of-man-thinking-we-have-the-bookworm-hence-the-book/)

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> [The most attractive class of people are those who are powerful obliquely, and not by the direct stroke: men of genius, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-most-attractive-class-of-people-are-those-who-are-powerful-2/)

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> [A poet is no rattlebrain, saying what comes uppermost, and, because he says every thing, saying, at last, something good; but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-poet-is-no-rattlebrain-saying-what-comes-uppermost-and-because-he/)

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> [There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity i am bought and sold; for them i will go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-a-class-of-persons-to-whom-by-all-spiritual-affinity-i-am/)

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> [As thinkers, mankind has ever divided into two sects, Materialists and Idealists; the first class founding on experience, the second on consciousness;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/as-thinkers-mankind-has-ever-divided-into-two-sects-materialists-and/)

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> [I like to have a person's knowledge comprehend more than one class of topics, one row of shelves. I like a person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-like-to-have-a-person-s-knowledge-comprehend-more-than-one-class-of/)

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> [But I cannot recite, even thus rudely, laws of the intellect, without remembering that lofty and sequestered class of men who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/but-i-cannot-recite-even-thus-rudely-laws-of-the-intellect-without/)

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> [In the first place, all books that get fairly into the vital air of the world were written by the successful class,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-the-first-place-all-books-that-get-fairly-into-the-vital-air-of/)

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> [You send your child to the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys who educate him. You send him to the Latin class, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/you-send-your-child-to-the-schoolmaster-but-tis-the-schoolboys-who/)

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> [You must pay for conformity. All goes well as long as you run with conformists. But you, who are honest men in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/you-must-pay-for-conformity-all-goes-well-as-long-as-you-run-with/)

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## More by Ralph Waldo Emerson

> [The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-history-of-mankind-interests-us-only-as-it-exhibits-a-steady-gain/)

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> [If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-we-will-not-interfere-with-our-thought-but-will-act-entirely-or/)

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> [If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-there-is-any-period-one-would-desire-to-be-born-in-is-it-not-the/)

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> [A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-cannot-speak-but-he-judges-himself-with-his-will-or-against-his/)

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> [Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/consideration-is-the-soil-in-which-wisdom-may-be-expected-to-grow-and/)

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> [“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-then-creative-reading-as-well-as-creative-writing-when-the/)

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> [The order of things consents to virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-order-of-things-consents-to-virtue/)

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> [Life only avails, not the having lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/life-only-avails-not-the-having-lived/)

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> [Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/another-success-is-the-post-office-with-its-educating-energy/)

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> [A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-child-reminds-us-that-playtime-is-an-essential-part-of-our-daily/)

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> [No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-man-can-be-criticised-but-by-a-greater-than-he-do-not-then-read/)

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> [Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/coal-lay-in-ledges-under-the-ground-since-the-flood-until-a-laborer/)

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> [I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-am-therefore-i-had-nothing-better-to-do-than-to-think/)

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> [In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-hundreds-of-dear-friends-but/)

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> [The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-compensations-of-calamity-are-made-apparent-to-the-understanding/)

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