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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Eloquence must be grounded on the plainest narrative
Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak
Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy
Education should be as broad as man
Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced value
Duty grows everywhere -- like children, like grass
Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail
Difficulties exist to be surmounted
Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
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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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