"Commerce is a game of skill which everyone……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Commerce is a game of skill which everyone cannot play and few can play well."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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More Cannot Play Quotes

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One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the… — Anatol Rapoport
As Rousseau could not compose without his cat beside him, so I cannot play chess without my king's bishop. In… — Siegbert Tarrasch
When I analyse a position, I have a sparring partner who understands chess amazingly well. In a way I feel… — Boris Gelfand
I am the best tennis player who cannot play tennis. — Ion Tiriac
Time and space cannot play any part between two loving hearts. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
You cannot play for Arsenal and give up, no matter what the score is. — Arsene Wenger
We cannot play at preaching. We preach for eternity. — Charles Spurgeon
I must be absolutely clear about this. Britain cannot accept the present situation on the budget. It is demonstrably unjust.… — Margaret Thatcher
You cannot play the piano well unless you are singing within you. — Arthur Rubinstein
You cannot play with fire. — Al-Waleed bin Talal
I cannot write music. I cannot play the piano. — Jayne Meadows
You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it… — M. Night Shyamalan

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