"It has come to be practically a sort……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion."
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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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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has…
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Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
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