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Sage Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- A sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.
- A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the luster of the…
- Rhodora! If the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for…
- 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…
- A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the…
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- A sage is the instructor of a hundred ages. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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