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Letter "R" » Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
«He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.»
«Blame is safer than praise»
«Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.»
«Good men must not obey the laws too well.»
«Little thinks, in the field, yon red-cloaked clown, Of thee, from the hill-top looking down; And the heifer, that lows in the upland farm, Far-heard, lows not thine ear to charm; The sexton tolling the bell at noon, Dreams not that great Napoleon Sto»
«I am not much an advocate for traveling, and I observe that men run away to other countries because they are not good in their own, and run back to their own because they pass for nothing in the new places. For the most part, only the light characters travel. Who are you that have no task to keep you at home?»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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advocate, characters, countries, for the most part, Keep On Running, run away, traveling, who are you
«The triumphs of peace have been in some proximity to war. Whilst the hand was still familiar with the sword-hilt, whilst the habits of the camp were still visible in the port and complexion of the gentleman, his intellectual power culminated; the compression and tension of these stern conditions is a training for the finest and softest arts, and can rarely be compensated in tranquil times, except by some analogous vigor drawn from occupations as hardy as war.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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analogous, compensated, compression, culminate, culminated, culminates, culminating, Hardy, hilt, occupations, port, proximity, softest, tension, the Triumphs, tranquil, triumphs, vigor
«Polarity, or action and reaction, we meet in every part of nature; in darkness and light; in heat and cold; in the ebb and flow of water; in male and female; in the equation of quantity and quality; in the fluids of the animal body; in the systole an»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Action
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body of water, Cold Water, equation, female body, fluids, in darkness, polarity, quantity, reaction, systole, The Animal
«Culture, with us, ends in headache»
«Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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Goodbye
| Keywords:
Going Home, good-bye
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