"The magnanimous know verywell that they who give……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The magnanimous know verywell that they who give time, or money, or shelter, to the strangerso it be done for love, and not for ostentationdo, as it were, put God under obligation to them, so perfect are the compensationsof the universe."
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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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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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