"A little fact is worth a whole limbo…" — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A little fact is worth a whole limbo of dreams."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson has 2,823 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities…
If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the…
There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial…
One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the…
Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
A little praise goes a great ways.

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This quote is filed under Dream Quotes, one of 12,500 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream… — Neil Armstrong
Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. — Mary Kay Ash
Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Learn from your dreams what you lack. — Wystan Hugh Auden
It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true. — Roger Babson
True love stories never have endings. — Richard Bach
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have… — Richard Bach
If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the… — Gaston Bachelard

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