Men and women Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

11 Men and women quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson’s thoughts on the interplay of genders are condensed into eleven crisp lines. A short but thoughtful selection for anyone curious about his view.

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Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

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Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they…

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We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot…

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The longer we live the more we must endure the elementary existence of men and women; and every brave heart must treat…

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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…

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It is the same among the men and women, as among the silent trees; always a referred existence, an absence, never a…

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THE POET A moody child and wildly wise Pursued the game with joyful eyes, Which chose, like meteors, their way, And rived…

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Every day, the sun; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow; ever the grass grows. Every day, men…

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Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.…

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But the man and woman of seventy assume to know all, they have outlived their hope, they renounce aspiration, accept the actual…

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“As many thoughts in succession substantiate themselves, we shall by and by stand in a new world of our own creation, and…

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The order of things consents to virtue.

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Life only avails, not the having lived.

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A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.

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No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.

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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…

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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…

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