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No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character, and the greater it grows, the more is the mischief. Talent is mistaken for genius, a dogma or system for truth, ambition for greatest, ingenuity for poetry, sensuality for art.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Our knowledge is the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Journal (May 1849)
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Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Letters and Social Aims (Quotation and Originality)
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When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Journals, 1824
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