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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Immortality will come to such as are fit for it; and he who would be a great soul in the future must be a great soul now.
The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Heaven always bears some proportion to earth. The god of the cannibal will be a cannibal, of the crusaders a crusader, and of the merchants a merchant.
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
There is properly no history; only biography.
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair the rest of his life.
We know better than we do. We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.
What we do we must, and call it by the best names.
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Violence Quote
Violence never settles anything right: apart from injuring your own soul, it injures the best cause. It lingers on long after the object of hate has disappeared from the scene to plague the lives of those who have employed it against their foes.
Understanding Quote
To understand is hard. Once one understands, action is easy.
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Sex is part of nature. I go along with nature.
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I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life, the way I want to.
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It always seems impossible until it's done.
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