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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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We are always getting ready to live, but never living.
The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in the spirit and energy it awakens.
There is nothing we value and hunt and cultivate and strive to draw to us, but in some hour we turn and rend it.
Neither is a dictionary a bad book to read. There is no cant in it, no excess of explanation, and it is full of suggestion,-the raw material of possible poems and histories.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.
If we meet no gods, it is because we harbor none. If there is grandeur in you, you will find grandeur in porters and sweeps.
Religion is as effectually destroyed by bigotry as by indifference.
Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
Intemperance is the only vulgarity.
The secret of drunkenness is, that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in feeling.
Love Quote
Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.
Family Quote
You have to live your life according to what comforts you, not what the rest of your family thinks you ought to be doing.
Friendship Quote
Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.
Peace Quote
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
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