Ralph Emerson
| Born | May 25, 1803 Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Died | April 27, 1882 Concord, New Hampshire |
The repository contains 33 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
When the eyes say one thing and the tongue another, the practiced person relies on the language of the first.
The wise through excessive wisdom is made a fool.
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.
Men are respectable only as they respect.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
Adversity • Optimism and Pessimism
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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