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Except Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in.
- None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
- So in writing, there is always a right word, and every other than that is wrong. There is no beauty in words except in their…
- There are men too superior to be seen except by a few, as there are notes too high for the scale of most ears.
- Every mind has a new compass, a new direction of its own, differencing its genius and aim from every other mind.--We call this specialty the…
- I can reason down or deny everything, except this perpetual Belly: feed he must and will, and I cannot make him respectable.
- In a tavern everybody puts on airs except the landlord.
- Any work looks wonderful to me except the one which I can do.
- Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
- Nothing can work damage to me except myself; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me and never am a real sufferer except…
- The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness.
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- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a… — David Attenborough
- Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot… — Saint Augustine
- There is no possible source of evil except good. — Saint Augustine
- Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread. — Francis Bacon
- We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. — Francis Bacon
- Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large,… — Francis Bacon
- No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation. — Walter Bagehot
- I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting. — David Bailey
- Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence. — Pearl Bailey
- Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism. — Russell Baker
- It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic. — Russell Baker