"He who knows what sweets and virtues are……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments - is the rich and royal man."
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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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More Enchantment Quotes
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Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.
— Honore de Balzac
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I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real…
— Nicolas Cage
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He it is, the innermost one, who awakens my being with his deep hidden touches. He it is who puts…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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How glad I am to be able to roam in the wood and thicket, among trees and flowers and rocks…
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Speculation is the romance of trade, and casts contempt upon on all its sober realities. It renders the stock-jobber a…
— Washington Irving
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The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment;…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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We were born with a natural tendency to focus on love. Our imaginations were creative and flourishing, and we knew…
— Marianne Williamson
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From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
— Lucretius
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Everything a cat is and does physically is to me beautiful, lovely, stimulating, soothing, attractive and an enchantment.
— Paul Gallico
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A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Banish (the onion) from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it. Its presence lends color and enchantment to the…
— Elizabeth Robins Pennell
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If we study Nature attentively in its great evolutions as in its minutest works, we cannot fail to recognize the…
— Honore de Balzac
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