"Yet a man may love a paradox, without……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Yet a man may love a paradox, without losing either his wit or his honesty."
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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 Honesty Quotes
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Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
— Aristotle
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The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
— Aristotle
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Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.
— Mary Kay Ash
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Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely…
— Isaac Asimov
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a…
— Jane Austen
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Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
— Richard Bach
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The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.
— Abu Bakr
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But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.
— Ansel Adams
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I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
— James A. Baldwin
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Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies…
— Antonio Banderas
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