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Letter "R" » Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
«If a man write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mouse-trap than his neighbor, tho' he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Keywords:
beaten,
Good Neighbors,
mouse,
mouse trap,
neighbor,
preach,
sermon,
The Good Neighbor,
Tho,
trap,
trap door,
woods
«Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth»
«The wise skeptic does not teach doubt but how to look for the permanent in the mutable and fleeting.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Keywords:
fleeting,
fleets,
look for,
mutable,
permanent,
skeptic,
skeptics,
The Fleet,
The Skeptic
«Give all to love; obey thy heart»
«Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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About:
Beauty,
World
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Keywords:
balance,
balancing,
disgust,
disgusts,
evermore,
magnificence,
marvelous,
rats
«Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it»
«Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius»
«Cities force growth and make people talkative and entertaining, but they also make them artificial.»
«By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Keywords:
forfeit,
forfeited,
forfeits,
gain,
great,
little,
path,
path of least,
persisted,
persisting,
The Great,
though
«When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Keywords:
around,
Day,
had,
instantly,
look,
look at,
lost,
made,
new,
praised,
slightly,
thought,
time of day,
turned,
work,
working day,
work day