"If we meet no gods, it is because……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"If we meet no gods, it is because we harbor none. If there is grandeur in you, you will find grandeur in porters and sweeps."
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2,824 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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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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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