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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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
If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being
I like man, but not men
Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it
He that writes to himself writes to an eternal public
He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not everyday surmount a fear
Harmony of aim, not identity of conclusion, is the secret of sympathetic life
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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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