American - Poet | May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882
Only as far as the masters of the world have called in nature to their aid, can they reach the height of magnificence. This is the meaning of their hanging-gardens, villas, garden-houses, islands, parks, and preserves.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
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Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?
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The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
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Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
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Good men must not obey the laws too well.
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People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
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We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
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