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Greater Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Every man believes that he has greater possibilities.
- The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.
- It is easy to see that a greater self-reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men; in their religion; in…
- Every man believes he has a greater possibility.
- Great men exist that there might be greater men.
- One single idea may have greater weight than all the men, animals, and machines for a century.
- No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.
- The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character, and…
- And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship.
- The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in spirit and energy it awakens.
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