"In analysing history do not be too profound,……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"In analysing history do not be too profound, for often the causes are quite superficial."
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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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The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness…
— Alain de Botton
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We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analysing possible causes, by trying to remove…
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We hear all around us about practical religion, and analysing all that, we find that it can be brought down…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Analysing comedy is like dissecting a frog. Nobody laughs and the frog dies.
— Barry Cryer
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Music acts on the whole of the organism like a magic force which suppresses the understanding and irresistibly takes possession…
— Unknown Author
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I did help to set up an undergraduate course in medicinal chemistry and made progress in modelling and analysing pharmacological…
— James Black
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How long do you remember that it is the Lord who is making you work? But then, by repeatedly analysing…
— Swami Vivekananda
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Part of my preparation for the World Champion match against Kasparov was to be ready for his off-board tactics. I…
— Vladimir Kramnik
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In analysing complicated variations one must examine each branch of the tree once and once only.
— Alexander Kotov
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If you are weak in the endgame, you must spend more time analysing studies; in your training games you must…
— Mikhail Botvinnik
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As Olafsson showed me, White can win... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself,…
— Bobby Fischer
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Jocelyn Bell joined the project as a graduate student in 1965, helping as a member of the construction team and…
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