"Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Work and thou canst escape the reward; whether the work be fine or course, planting corn or writing epics, so only it be honest work, done to thine own approbation, it shall earn a reward to the senses as well as to the thought."
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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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More Approbation Quotes
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Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude.
— David Hume
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We ask advice but we mean approbation.
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and next to escape the censures of…
— Joseph Addison
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There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The person who will not refrain from expressing his…
— Arthur Helps
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It appears evident, therefore, that those actions only can truly be called virtuous, and deserving of moral approbation, which the…
— Thomas Reid
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Ultimately a highly complex sentiment, having its first origin in the social instincts, largely guided by the approbation of our…
— Charles Darwin
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Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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The chief arguments that are urged against an established religion, may be used with equal force against an established charity.…
— Herbert Spencer
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Our part is to pursue with steadiness what is right, turning neither to right nor left for the intrigues or…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Utopias are presented for our inspection as a critique of the human state. If they are to be treated as…
— William Golding
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The Cross is the approbation of our existence, not in words, but in an act so completely radical that it…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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If you have a grateful heart (which is a miracle amongst you statesmen), show it by directing the bearer to…
— John Wilmot
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