"For every benefit you receive a tax is…" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"For every benefit you receive a tax is levied."
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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…
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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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What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can…
— Julian Assange
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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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The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It…
— Steve Ballmer
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Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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Common sense tells us that we should focus our resources to benefit children, teachers and taxpayers by keeping dollars in…
— Bob Beauprez
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The insufferable arrogance of human beings to think that Nature was made solely for their benefit, as if it was…
— Cyrano de Bergerac
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The one benefit of having done all kinds of movies as an actor is, you learn the pros and cons…
— Ben Affleck
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Without a doubt, stem cell research will lead to the dramatic improvement in the human condition and will benefit millions…
— Eli Broad
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The communitarians may say you've been enjoying too much individual freedom, and that you must give up some of that…
— Harry Browne
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Roads get wider and busier and less friendly to pedestrians. And all of the development based around cars, like big…
— Bill Bryson
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As I get older I think, contrary to modern assumption but in line with the old Lerner and Lowe song,…
— Julie Burchill
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
— Edmund Burke
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