"Every violation of truth is not only a……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society."
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2,824 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…
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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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To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the…
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There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
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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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The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial…
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One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the…
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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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The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.
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Never to lie is to have no lock on your door, you are never wholly alone.
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Truth exists; only lies are invented.
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No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
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I do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy.
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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.
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Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking…
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We fed the public a line of deceit, dishonesty, a fabrication of statistics and figures.
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