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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Pain, indolence, sterility, endless ennui have also their lesson for you, if you are great.
The question is whether [suicide] is the way out, or the way in.
God will have life to be real; we will be damned, but it shall be theatrical.
A sympathetic person is placed in the dilemma of a swimmer among drowning men, who all catch at him, and if he gives so much as a leg or a finger, they will drown him.
Sympathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well.
A forte always makes a foible.
The whole secret of the teacher's force lies in the conviction that men are convertible.
The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour.
The most tedious of all discourses are on the subject of the Supreme Being.
The astonishment of life is the absence of any appearances of reconciliation between the theory and the practice of life.
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Friendship Quote
Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
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.
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Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
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Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold.
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Count your age by friends, not years Count your life by smiles, not tears.
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