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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Poet Quotes
Category:
American Poet Quotes
Date of Birth:
May 25, 1803
Date of Death:
April 27, 1882
Nationality:
American
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What you are comes to you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

As soon as there is life there is danger.
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Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

We must be our own before we can be another's.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Change, Character, Circumstances, Defect, Repair
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Every wall is a door.
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Give a boy address and accomplishments...
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Great men or men of great...
Happy is the hearing man; unhappy...
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Hitch your wagon to a star.
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I have thought a sufficient measure...
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Let us be silent, that we...
Life consists in what a man...
Little minds have little worries, big...
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Make the most of yourself, for...
Make yourself necessary to somebody.
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Men's actions are too strong for...
Money often costs too much.
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