Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American poet and philosopher
Category: Philosophers | Poets (Contemporary)
Lived from: 1803-1882
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'Tis a superstition to insist on a special diet. All is made at last of the same chemical atoms.
American poet and philosopher 1803-1882
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'Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises.
American poet and philosopher 1803-1882
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'Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.
American poet and philosopher 1803-1882
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A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; it gives a higher pleasure than statues or pictures; it is the finest of the fine arts.
American poet and philosopher 1803-1882
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A character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.
American poet and philosopher 1803-1882
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A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short.
American poet and philosopher 1803-1882
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
American poet and philosopher 1803-1882
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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud.
American poet and philosopher 1803-1882
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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature.
American poet and philosopher 1803-1882
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
American poet and philosopher 1803-1882
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