American - Poet | May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882
Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
DreamsCharacterYour DreamsJudge
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
RichPoorThroughGiveOnlyRefuse
We are wiser than we know.
WisdomKnowWiserThan
If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.
MeYouLiftGroundUpMust
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
HeroLastBoreEveryBecomes
We are always getting ready to live but never living.
LiveReadyLivingNeverAlways
Every burned book enlightens the world.
WorldBookEveryBurnedEnlightens
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
DayManLongThinksHeAbout
I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
HateManGivingHandWholeUnless
A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
MoneyManPrinciplesMoreCareful
Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
BeautyGiftBeenWhomSeldomThose
There is a tendency for things to right themselves.
RightThingsThemselvesTendency
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