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His Hand Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The passive master lent his hand, To the vast Soul which o'er him planned.
- A garden is like those pernicious machineries which catch a man's coat-skirt or his hand, and draw in his arm, his leg , and his…
- He, who loves the bristle of bayonets, only sees in their glitter what beforehand he feels in his hand.
- There are not in the world at any one time more than a dozen persons who read and understand Plato:-never enough to pay for an…
- Life is in short cycles or periods; we are quickly tired, but we have rapid rallies. A man is spent by his work, starved, prostrate;…
- An artist spends himself like the crayon in his hand, till he is all gone.
- When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to…
More His Hand Quotes
- I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that… — Teresa of Avila
- Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him… — Edward Abbey
- Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet. — Jeremy Bentham
- At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities,… — Albert Camus
- Happiness is your dentist telling you it won't hurt and then having him catch his hand in the drill. — Johnny Carson
- My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense. — Fred Allen
- When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand. — Raymond Chandler
- When a man is to travel into a far country...one staff in his hand may comfortably support him, but a bundle of… — Richard Sibbes
- I don't claim anything of the work. It is his work. I am like a little pencil in his hand. That is… — Mother Teresa
- Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy. — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
- A man must not stop listening any more than praying when he rises from his knees. No one questions the need of… — Charles Brent
- ""Dear girl," continued Bob advancing with an imbecile grin upon his countenance, which he imagined no doubt to be a seductive smile,… — Arthur Conan Doyle