Ralph Waldo Emerson ✓

(1803–1882) orator United States

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[Wikidata] American philosopher (1803–1882)... | [Wikipedia] Ralph Waldo Emerson, who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as a prescient critic of

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• A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when he gives voice to the rules of love and justice,… Famous Love
• Let us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls. Always Works
• Shallow men believe in luck. Believe
• Life is a series of surprises. Inspirational
• Life is a boundless privilege, and when you pay for your ticket, and get into the car, you have no guess what good company you… Boundless
• Life wastes itself whilst we are preparing to live. Life
• There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world. Alcohol
• All poets have signalized their consciousness of rare moments when they were superior to themselves, -when a light, a freedom, a power came to them… Alcohol
• The secret of drunkenness is, that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in feeling. Beer
• It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no person can sincerely try to help another without helping him or herself.… Another Without
• Outside among your fellows, among strangers, you must preserve appearances, a hundred things you cannot do; but inside, the terrible freedom. Among
• Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished. Inspirational
• The only sin that we never forgive in each other is a difference in opinion. Difference
• He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others. From
• A great man stands on God. A small man on a great man. God
• Every individual strives to grow and exclude, to the extremities of the universe, and to impose the law of its being on every other creature. Creature
• Men achieve a certain greatness unawares when working to another aim. Achieve
• When nature removes a great man, people explore the horizon for a successor; but none comes, and none will. His class is extinguished with him.… Appear
• The most dangerous thing is illusion. Danger
• A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress, by his tastes,… Affinities
• This very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are… Always Learning
• A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his… All
• If we follow the truth, it will bring us out safe at last. Bring
• Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody. Each
• If we live truly, we shall see truly. Appreciate Life

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