"The horseman serves the horse, The neat-herd serves……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The horseman serves the horse, The neat-herd serves the neat, The merchant serves the purse, The eater serves his meat; 'Tis the day of the chattel, Web to weave, and corn to grind, Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind."
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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2,824 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson has 2,824 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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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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Whoever claims the right to redistribute the wealth produced by others is claiming the right to treat human beings as…
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Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.
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— Frederick Lenz
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— Jeffrey Kluger
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