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title: "56 Rich Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson"
description: "56 Rich quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Plus more from Ralph Waldo Emerson and more Rich sayings from other authors."
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> [Ah, if the rich were rich as the poor fancy riches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/ah-if-the-rich-were-rich-as-the-poor-fancy-riches/)

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

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> [The poor are only they who feel poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-poor-are-only-they-who-feel-poor/)

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

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> [The rich mind lies in the sun and sleeps, and is Nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-rich-mind-lies-in-the-sun-and-sleeps-and-is-nature/)

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

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> [Poverty consist in feeling poor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/poverty-consist-in-feeling-poor/)

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

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> [“Poverty consists in feeling poor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/poverty-consists-in-feeling-poor/)

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

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> [He only is rich who owns the day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/he-only-is-rich-who-owns-the-day/)

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

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> [The greatest man in history was the poorest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-greatest-man-in-history-was-the-poorest/)

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

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> [Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/every-man-is-a-consumer-and-ought-to-be-a-producer-he-is-by/)

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

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> [He is only rich who owns the day. There is no king, rich man, fairy, or demon who possesses such power as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/he-is-only-rich-who-owns-the-day-there-is-no-king-rich-man-fairy-or/)

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

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> [He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/he-is-rich-who-owns-the-day-and-no-one-owns-the-day-who-allows-it-to/)

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

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> [We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-are-rich-only-through-what-we-give-and-poor-only-through-what-we/)

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

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> [Money often costs too much, and power and pleasure are not cheap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/money-often-costs-too-much-and-power-and-pleasure-are-not-cheap/)

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

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> [A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-is-usually-more-careful-of-his-money-than-he-is-of-his/)

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

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> [The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-poorest-experience-is-rich-enough-for-all-the-purposes-of/)

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

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> [Beware of too much good staying in your hand. It will fast corrupt and worm worms. Pay it away quickly in some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/beware-of-too-much-good-staying-in-your-hand-it-will-fast-corrupt-and/)

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

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> [That you are fair or wise is vain, Or strong, or rich, or generous; You must have also the untaught strain That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/that-you-are-fair-or-wise-is-vain-or-strong-or-rich-or-generous-you/)

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

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> [The art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving, but in a better order, in timeliness, in being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-art-of-getting-rich-consists-not-in-industry-much-less-in-saving/)

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

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> [Let the amelioration in our laws of property proceed from the concession of the rich, not from the grasping of the poor.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/let-the-amelioration-in-our-laws-of-property-proceed-from-the/)

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

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> [Wealth is in applications of mind to nature; and the art of getting rich consists not in industry, much less in saving,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/wealth-is-in-applications-of-mind-to-nature-and-the-art-of-getting/)

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

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> [Our expense is almost all for conformity. It is for cake that we run in debt; 'tis not the intellect, not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/our-expense-is-almost-all-for-conformity-it-is-for-cake-that-we-run/)

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

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> [Government exists to defend the weak and the poor and the injured party; the rich and the strong can better take care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/government-exists-to-defend-the-weak-and-the-poor-and-the-injured/)

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

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> [He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/he-who-knows-what-sweets-and-virtues-are-in-the-ground-the-plants-the/)

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

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> [He is the rich man in whom the people are rich, and he is the poor man in whom the people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/he-is-the-rich-man-in-whom-the-people-are-rich-and-he-is-the-poor-man/)

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

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> [I thought as I rode in the cold pleasant light of Sunday morning how silent & passive nature offers, every morn, her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-thought-as-i-rode-in-the-cold-pleasant-light-of-sunday-morning-how/)

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

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> [In the order of nature, we cannot render benefits to those from whom we receive them, or only seldom. But the benefit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-the-order-of-nature-we-cannot-render-benefits-to-those-from-whom/)

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

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> [It is commonly observed that a sudden wealth, like a prize drawn in a lottery or a large bequest to a poor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/it-is-commonly-observed-that-a-sudden-wealth-like-a-prize-drawn-in-a/)

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

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> [We commonly say that the rich man can speak the truth, can afford honesty, can afford independence of opinion and action;and thatis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-commonly-say-that-the-rich-man-can-speak-the-truth-can-afford/)

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

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> [The true thrift is always to spend on the higher plane; to invest and invest, with keener avarice, that he may spend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-true-thrift-is-always-to-spend-on-the-higher-plane-to-invest-and/)

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

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> [To be rich is to have a ticket of admission to the masterworks and chief men of each race. It is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/to-be-rich-is-to-have-a-ticket-of-admission-to-the-masterworks-and/)

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

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> [Nothing is arbitrary, nothing is insulated in beauty. It depends forever on the necessary and the useful. The plumage of the bird,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/nothing-is-arbitrary-nothing-is-insulated-in-beauty-it-depends/)

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

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> [Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. It undergoes continual changes: it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/society-never-advances-it-recedes-as-fast-on-one-side-as-it-gains-on-4/)

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

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> [Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/write-it-on-your-heart-that-every-day-is-the-best-day-in-the-year-he/)

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

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> [We cannot describe the natural history of the soul, but we know that it is divine. All things are known to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-cannot-describe-the-natural-history-of-the-soul-but-we-know-that/)

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

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> [The amount of a man's wealth consists in the number of things he can do without.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-amount-of-a-man-s-wealth-consists-in-the-number-of-things-he-can/)

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

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> [We honor the rich because they have externally the freedom, power, and grace which we feel to be proper to man, proper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-honor-the-rich-because-they-have-externally-the-freedom-power-and/)

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

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> [God evidently does not intend us all to be rich, or powerful or great, but He does intend us all to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/god-evidently-does-not-intend-us-all-to-be-rich-or-powerful-or-great/)

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

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> [A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-must-consider-what-a-rich-realm-he-abdicates-when-he-becomes-a/)

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

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> [Let us unlearn our wisdom of the world. Let us lie low in the Lord's power, and learn that truth alone makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/let-us-unlearn-our-wisdom-of-the-world-let-us-lie-low-in-the-lord-s/)

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

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> [Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but, until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/things-are-pretty-graceful-rich-elegant-handsome-but-until-they-speak-3/)

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

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> [Money is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/money-is-of-no-value-it-cannot-spend-itself-all-depends-on-the-skill/)

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

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## Other authors on Rich

## 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/)

[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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> [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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