"The order of things consents to virtue." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The order of things consents to virtue."
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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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More Consent Quotes
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
— Saint Augustine
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Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators…
— Gary Bauer
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Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
— Albert Camus
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Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in…
— Albert Camus
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One way I differ from my character, Coach Taylor, is that I never would have taken this faraway job without…
— Kyle Chandler
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No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence,…
— William Ellery Channing
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I would never consent to a lame publicity stunt at a time when I already want to hide.
— Diablo Cody
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If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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Come, woo me, woo me, for now I am in a holiday humor, and like enough to consent.
— William Shakespeare
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Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they…
— Unknown Author
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Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned…
— Christopher Columbus
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The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the…
— Alexander Hamilton
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