"The sower may mistake and sow his peas……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The sower may mistake and sow his peas crookedly; the peas make no mistake, but come up and show his line."
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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
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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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I saw that I'd get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
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