Ralph Waldo Emerson
United States
25 May 1803 // 27 Apr 1882
Author / Poet/ Philosopher
25 May 1803 // 27 Apr 1882
Author / Poet/ Philosopher
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Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live
Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect
Life is a festival only to the wise
Lawyers are a prudent race though not very fond of liberty
Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them
It is defeat which educates us
Insist on yourself; never imitate
In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight
In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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