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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Thoughts of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What many people do not know about Ralph Waldo Emerson is that he was a pastor in a church in Boston. His religious and philosophical thinking, as well as the influence of other writers of his time, led him to become deeply interested in transcendentalism. Here is a list of Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes to gain from.
  • Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore.

  • By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

  • Oh, tenderly the haughty day, Fills his blue urn with fire.

  • The manly part is to do with might and main what you can do.

  • God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.

  • Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

  • The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.

  • Heroism feels and never reasons and therefore is always right.

  • In the vaunted works of Art, The master-stroke is Nature's part.

  • Discontent is the want of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will.

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