American - Poet | May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882
If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
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Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
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Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.
TimeMannersNothingMoreHaste
There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.
DayManEvery DaySelf-RespectClean
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
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Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.
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We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.
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Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
MenManMeActionStrongVictim
I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
GoodTimeKnowLikeVeryTimes
We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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