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Such Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of prudence, in the…
- Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist,…
- My son, a perfect little boy of five years and three months, had ended his earthly life. You can never sympathize with me; you can…
- Some thoughts always find us young, and keep us so. Such a thought is the love of the universal and eternal beauty.
- I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose...
- Higher than the question of our duration is the question of our deserving. Immortality will come to such as are fit for it, and he…
- The best bribe which London offers to-day to the imagination, is, that, in such a vast variety of people and conditions, one can believe there…
- The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious.…
- We walk alone in the world. Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.
- Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the bookworm. Hence, the book-learned class, who value books, as such; not as related to nature and the…
- Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word as to law,…
- All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world; some men even to delight. This love of beauty is taste. Others…
- I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition in…
- The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is the discovery that we must cast away our virtues, or what…
- Murder in the murderer is no such ruinous thought as poets and romancers will have it; it does not unsettle him, or fright him from…
- There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass. Commit a crime,…
- I wish to write such rhymes as shall not suggest a restraint, but contrariwise the wildest freedom.
- Explore, and explore, and explore. Be neither chided nor flattered out of your position of perpetual inquiry. Neither dogmatise yourself, nor accept another's dogmatism. Why…
- If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling…
- Tobacco and opium have broad backs, and will cheerfully carry the load of armies, if you choose to make them pay high for such joy…
- Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. Each man seeks those of different quality from his own, and such as are…
- Genius seems to consist merely in trueness of sight, in using such words as show that the man was an eye-witness, and not a repeater…
- War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that…
- When we see a soul whose acts are all regal, graceful, and pleasant as roses, we must thank God that such things can be and…
- Art is the need to create; but in its essence, immense and universal, it is impatient of working with lame or tied hands, and of…
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- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough. — Lance Armstrong
- A system is in equilibrium when the forces constituting it are arranged in such a way as to compensate each other, like… — Rudolf Arnheim
- The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and… — Chester A. Arthur
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- These people were well dressed in skins, had some guns, but armed generally with bows and arrows and such other instruments of… — William Henry Ashley
- I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my… — Isaac Asimov
- We don't have sources who are dissidents on other sources. Should they come forward, that would be a tricky situation for us.… — Julian Assange
- The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely… — Rowan Atkinson
- But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness… — Rowan Atkinson
- I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune. — David Attenborough
- All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that… — David Attenborough