"Tis the old secret of the gods that……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises."
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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2,824 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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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies.…
— Jean Cocteau
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Many of our problems are blessings in disguise.
— O. Leslie Stone
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Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
— William Penn
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Every day I see Jesus Christ in all his distressing disguises.
— Mother Teresa
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The proverb says, "Born lucky, always lucky," and I am very superstitious. As a small boy I was notoriously lucky.…
— Mark Twain
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If mankind is to profit freely from the small and sporadic crop of the heroically gifted it produces, it will…
— Wilfred Trotter
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I was born into no true class and it was my decision early in life to insinuate myself into the…
— John Cheever
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It may be a blessing in disguise...Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to…
— Pat Robertson
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Angels light the way. Angels do not begrudge anyone anything, angels do not tear down, angels do not compete, angels…
— Marianne Williamson
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Yes, I'm nervous. You'll find in time most people are. They simply learn better how to disguise it, and sometimes,…
— Gregory Maguire
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