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title: "50 Names Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson"
description: "50 Names quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Plus more from Ralph Waldo Emerson and more Names sayings from other authors."
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> [I hate the prostitution of the name of friendship to signify modish and worldly alliances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-hate-the-prostitution-of-the-name-of-friendship-to-signify-modish/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [No orator can top the one who can give good nicknames.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-orator-can-top-the-one-who-can-give-good-nicknames/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [We do what we must, and call it by the best names.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-do-what-we-must-and-call-it-by-the-best-names/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is Latin names.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/love-not-the-flower-they-pluck-and-know-it-not-and-all-their-botany/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/good-and-bad-are-but-names-very-readily-transferable-to-that-or-this/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/self-reliance-is-its-aversion-it-loves-not-realities-and-creators-but/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/why-should-we-be-cowed-by-the-name-of-action/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [God is our name for the last generalization to which we can arrive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/god-is-our-name-for-the-last-generalization-to-which-we-can-arrive/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [My angel,-his name is Freedom,- Choose him to be your king; He shall cut pathways east and west, And fend you with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/my-angel-his-name-is-freedom-choose-him-to-be-your-king-he-shall-cut/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [I have heard that death takes us away from ill things, not from good. I have heard that when we pronounce the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-have-heard-that-death-takes-us-away-from-ill-things-not-from-good-i/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can, and would fain have the praise of having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-do-what-we-must-and-call-it-by-the-best-names-we-can-and-would/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [People forget that it is the eye which makes the horizon, and the rounding mind's eye which makes this or that man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/people-forget-that-it-is-the-eye-which-makes-the-horizon-and-the/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/america-is-another-name-for-opportunity-our-whole-history-appears/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-am-ashamed-to-think-how-easily-we-capitulate-to-badges-and-names-to/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Men have sometimes exchanged names with their friends, as if they would signify that in their friend each loved his own soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/men-have-sometimes-exchanged-names-with-their-friends-as-if-they/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Children and savages use only nouns or names of things, which they convert into verbs, and apply to analogous mental acts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/children-and-savages-use-only-nouns-or-names-of-things-which-they/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [We live in a new and exceptional age. America is another word for Opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-live-in-a-new-and-exceptional-age-america-is-another-word-for/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [By virtue of this science the poet is the Namer, or Language-maker, naming things sometimes after their appearance, sometimes after their essence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/by-virtue-of-this-science-the-poet-is-the-namer-or-language-maker/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [When good is near you, when you have life in yourself, it is not by any known or accustomed way; you shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/when-good-is-near-you-when-you-have-life-in-yourself-it-is-not-by-any/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Science in England, in America, is jealous of theory, hates the name of love and moral purpose. There's revenge for this humanity.What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/science-in-england-in-america-is-jealous-of-theory-hates-the-name-of/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/whoso-would-be-a-man-must-be-a-nonconformist-he-who-would-gather/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [We must not inquire too curiously into the absolute value of literature. Enough that it amuses and exercises us. At least it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-must-not-inquire-too-curiously-into-the-absolute-value-of/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [We over-estimate the conscience of our friend. His goodness seems better than our goodness, his nature finer, his temptations less. Everything that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-over-estimate-the-conscience-of-our-friend-his-goodness-seems/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: it was somebody's name, or he happened to be there at right time, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/shallow-men-believe-in-luck-believe-in-circumstances-it-was-somebody/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Society is an illusion to the young citizen. It lies before him in rigid repose, with certain names, men, and institutions, rootedlike…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/society-is-an-illusion-to-the-young-citizen-it-lies-before-him-in/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/these-are-the-voices-which-we-hear-in-solitude-but-they-grow-faint-3/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [As I walked in the woods I felt what I often feel that nothing can befall me in life, no calamity, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/as-i-walked-in-the-woods-i-felt-what-i-often-feel-that-nothing-can/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house a world; and beyond its world, a heaven. Know then, that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/every-spirit-builds-itself-a-house-and-beyond-its-house-a-world-and/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Where the heart is, there the muses, there the gods sojourn, and not in any geography of fame. Massachusetts, Connecticut River, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/where-the-heart-is-there-the-muses-there-the-gods-sojourn-and-not-in/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [The two parties which divide the State, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation are very old, and have disputed the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-two-parties-which-divide-the-state-the-party-of-conservatism-and/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [I have heard that whoever loves is in no condition old. I have heard that whenever the name of man is spoken,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-have-heard-that-whoever-loves-is-in-no-condition-old-i-have-heard/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-right-merchant-is-one-who-has-the-just-average-of-faculties-we/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [The book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title-page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-book-written-against-fame-and-learning-has-the-author-s-name-on/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [There can be no high civility without a deep morality, though it may not always call itself by that name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-can-be-no-high-civility-without-a-deep-morality-though-it-may/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy. A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-whole-of-heraldry-and-of-chivalry-is-in-courtesy-a-man-of-fine/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Fate, then, is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thought; for causes which are unpenetrated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/fate-then-is-a-name-for-facts-not-yet-passed-under-the-fire-of/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [This ennui, for which we Saxons had no name,--this word of France, has got a terrific significance. It shortens life, and bereaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/this-ennui-for-which-we-saxons-had-no-name-this-word-of-france-has/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [God knows that all sorts of gentlemen knock at the door; but whenever used in strictness and with any emphasis, the name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/god-knows-that-all-sorts-of-gentlemen-knock-at-the-door-but-whenever/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [“I have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-have-no-expectation-that-any-man-will-read-history-aright-who/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-law-can-be-sacred-to-me-but-that-of-my-nature-good-and-bad-are-but/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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## Other authors on Names

## 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/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [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/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [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/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [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/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [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/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [“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/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

> [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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