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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Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self
Beauty is its own excuse for being
Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee, and do not try to make the universe a blind alley
As soon as there is life, there is danger
Art is the path of the creator to his work
An actually existing fly is more important than a possibly existing angel
All the great speakers were bad speakers at first
All persons are puzzles until at last we find in some word or act the key to the man, to the woman; straightway all their past words and actions lie in light before us
All life is an experiment
All great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties
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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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