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Longer Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is with-held, the better for you; for compound interest on compound…
- History no longer shall be a dull book. It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man. You shall not tell me by language…
- I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall…
- We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for…
- A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer.
- There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the guaranty of the fulfillment of…
- And what fastens attention, in the intercourse of life, like any passage betraying affection between two parties? Perhaps we never saw them before, and never…
- A mind does not receive truth as a chest receives jewels that are put into it, but as the stomach takes up food into the…
- People are timid and apologetic; they are no longer upright; they dare not say "I think," "I am," but quote some saint or sage. They…
- I will no longer confer, differ, refer, defer, prefer, or suffer. I renounce the whole tribe of fero. I embrace absolute life.
- How can he [today's writer] be honored, when he does not honor himself; when he loses himself in the crowd; when he is no longer…
- A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
- A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we…
- A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
More Longer Quotes
- No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world… — Isaac Asimov
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. — Saint Augustine
- To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer. — Gaston Bachelard
- I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in… — Douglas Bader
- You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens. — David Bailey
- I do love shoes that make my legs longer. I have the upper body of someone who's 5ft 8in, so high heels… — Amy Adams
- Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it. — Russell Baker
- American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. — James A. Baldwin
- Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense… — Stanley Baldwin
- If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason. — Alan Ball
- Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality is no longer going to be… — J. G. Ballard