"A feeble man can see the farms that……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A feeble man can see the farms that are fenced and tilled, the houses that are built. The strong man sees the possible houses and farms. His eye makes estates as fast as the sun breeds clouds."
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2,824 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
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Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
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Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
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The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
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A little praise goes a great ways.
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Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
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Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
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Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.
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Success breeds success, and failure leads to a sort of fallow period.
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Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
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