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Letter "R" » Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
«There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth; it is the beginning of wisdom.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
distinguishes, felicities, felicity
«The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
angle, angles, angling, contingencies, contingency, heartily, lawyer, qualification, qualifications, qualifies, qualify, qualifying, scrape, scraped, scrapes, scrape by, scraping, throws
«Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities»
«Commit a crime, and the earth is made of glass.»
«The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since there must be a decision, decides as he can, and hopes he has done justice and given satisfaction to the community»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Justice
| Keywords:
arguments, decides, puts, the matter, weighs
«There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Joy
| Keywords:
behaviour, complexions, scatter, The Wish
«All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
History
| Keywords:
lengthen, lengthened, lengthening, lengthens
«Life is a perpetual instruction in cause and effect.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Life
| Keywords:
Cause and Effect, instruction
«There is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea»
«Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Manners
| Keywords:
good manners, made-up, manners, petty, sacrifices
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