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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All life is an experiment
All great men find eternity affirmed in the very promise of their faculties
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience
A sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women
A man is what he thinks about all day long
A man in debt is so far a slave
A little integrity is better than any career
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer
A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word
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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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