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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

«Men are what their mothers made them»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essayist, Lecturer, Poet) | About: Men | Keywords: mothers
«Money often costs too much.»
«Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it»
«Fear is the instructor of great sagacity, and the herald of all revolutions»
«Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will»
«Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is, What it will do with you? You will come here and get books that will open your eyes, and your ears, and your curiosity, and turn you inside out or outside in.»
«Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.»
«The education of the will is the object of our existence.»
«Skill to do comes of doing»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essayist, Lecturer, Poet) | About: Knowledge | Keywords: skill
«Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essayist, Lecturer, Poet) | About: Knowledge | Keywords: knowing