"If a man will kick a fact out……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If a man will kick a fact out of the window, when he comes back he finds it again in the chimney corner."
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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson has 2,823 quotes on this site.
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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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I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment…
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Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world. The dragons are all dead and the…
— Hans Zinsser
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Fear no more the heat o' th' sun Nor the furious winters' rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home…
— William Shakespeare
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Maybe that whole love thing is just a grown-up version of Santa Claus; just a myth we've been fed since…
— Meg Ryan
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Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds Are far behind me Where troubles melt like…
— Eva Cassidy
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It's understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and another up the chimney.
— Kevin Keegan
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Sitting by the chimney corner as we grow old, the commonest things around us take on live meanings and hint…
— Rebecca Harding Davis
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With a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you; with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from…
— Philip Sidney
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Your goal is to achieve the best results by following their wishes. If they want you to build a house…
— Unknown Author
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Smoke like a chimney, work like a horse, eat without thinking, go for a walk only in really pleasant company.
— Albert Einstein
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The Gingerbread House has four walls, a roof, a door, a window, and a chimney. It is decorated with many…
— Vera Nazarian
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