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Times Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron.
- All poets have signalized their consciousness of rare moments when they were superior to themselves, -when a light, a freedom, a power came to them…
- Wise men are not wise at all times.
- We do not know today whether we are busy or idle. In times when we thought ourselves indolent, we have afterwards discovered that much was…
- Most people, who have quit smoking, have had at least one unsuccessful try in the past. It is not important how many times you try…
- Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and money not scarce?
- Among provocatives, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching. I have even more thoughts during or enduring it than at other times.
- The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality.
- Wise men are not wise at all hours, and will speak five times from their taste or their humor, to once from their reason.
- THE POET A moody child and wildly wise Pursued the game with joyful eyes, Which chose, like meteors, their way, And rived the dark with…
- At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles.
- The key to the age may be this, or that, or the other, as the young orators describe; the key to all ages is -…
- What strength belongs to every plant and animal in nature. The tree or the brook has no duplicity, no pretentiousness, no show. It is, with…
- As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man.
- The "times," "the age" what is that, but a few profound persons and a few active persons who epitomize the times?
- The growth of the intellect is spontaneous in every expansion. The mind that grows could not predict the times, the means, the mode of that…
- London is the epitome of our times, and the Rome of to-day.
- And I myself, in Rome, heard it said openly in the streets, "If there is a hell, then Rome is built on it." MARTIN LUTHER,…
- Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
- This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
- At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock…
- These times of ours are series and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike. As soon as there is life there is danger.
- Many times the reading of a book has made the future of a man.
- It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune, and when you have it, it requires…
- These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike
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- It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
- I don't think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a realist writer,… — Paul Auster
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times. — Lance Armstrong
- All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in… — Neil Armstrong
- Animators have to live life 24 times as long as we do - every 24 frames of a second. — Darren Aronofsky
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' — Norman Ralph Augustine
- Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. — Jane Austen
- It was a wrong number that started it, the telephone ringing three times in the dead of night, and the voice on… — Paul Auster
- I just lead my life as naturally, as normally as I possibly can. But I can't help it if controversy is hounding… — Amitabh Bachchan